democratizeKK [dɪˋmɑkrəˏtaɪz] /dɪˈmɑkɹəˌtaɪz/動詞1使民主化、推行民主The new leaders promised to democratize the country within five years.新領導人承諾在五年內讓國家民主化。2普及、大眾化Cheap smartphones have democratized access to information worldwide.便宜的智慧型手機讓全球取得資訊的管道更為普及。3民主化指國家、組織Many former one-party states democratized rapidly in the 1990s.許多前一黨專政國家在九〇年代迅速民主化。