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To democratize something is to change the way it is organized so that it is more democratic — more people share power, and fewer decisions belong to one ruler, one boss, or a closed group. You can democratize a government after a war, or a company, a political party, even a club. The thing you democratize is the system, not usually a single person. Though actually, this -ize verb is easy to use as a promise. Someone may say they will democratize while keeping the real power behind the scenes. Check what changed, not only what was said. It is a formal verb; you meet it in news and essays more than at the dinner table. British spelling is often democratise.
使民主化（口語也常直接說「民主化」）
組成From French démocratiser. By surface analysis: democratic + -ize. -ize makes a verb meaning “make into” or “make more like.”
同家族的字
- democraticthe adjective; -ize turns that idea into a verb
- democracythe system you are trying to make something more like
- democratizationthe noun for the process of democratizing
- democrata person who supports democracy; same root
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
democratizeverb/dɪˈmɒkɹətaɪz/
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To make democratic.
- Three distinct patterns within this wave are clear: Democratic backsliding in some traditionally stable democracies; significant reversals and often breakdown of democracy in countries that successfully democratized during the late 20th and early 21st centuries; and deepening of autocracy in already autocratic states. […] The number of autocratizing countries (red line) increases from the mid-1990s-early 2000s, to surpass the number of democratizing countries in 2012. […] Montenegro started to democratize with the 2020 elections ending nearly three decades of rule by the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPS).
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To broaden access to (something), especially for the sake of egalitarianism.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。