verb (used with or without object), de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing.
- to make or become democratic.
verb
- (tr) to make democratic
1865; see democratize + -ation.
1798 (transitive), 1840 (intransitive), from French démocratiser, from démocratie (see democracy). Greek demokratizein meant “to be on the democratic side.”