DEMOCRATIZE Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

democratize

verb

Definition of democratize

as in to standardize

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disequilibrate

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Recent Examples of democratize Brando Babini founded Youth 4 Youth FC to democratize soccer, addressing the pay-for-play system that limits access and mentorship for talented youth. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 After Japan’s defeat in WWII, there was a deliberate effort to democratize the nation and defang its intelligence community. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 Bask Health has helped democratize healthcare entrepreneurship. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Congress wasn’t the only branch that Wilson tried to democratize. — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for democratize

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Leaders must prioritize building cognitive and identity infrastructure, focusing on *how* people think and their self-authorship, ensuring AI enhances human judgment rather than standardizing it.

— Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Implement a digital visual-management platform across six facilities to standardize workflows and improve infection prevention, care coordination, workforce effectiveness, quality, and patient safety.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of standardize

Verb

Naturally, the rest of the plot focusses on his elaborate scheme to get out of hot water by normalizing the word in his office.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Some of Syria’s neighbors have also lauded the decision as a landmark step to normalizing the geopolitical situation in a country ripped apart again and again by civil conflict.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of normalize

Verb

Successive governments from the political center, right and left maintained policies aimed at regularizing Venezuelans, eventually receiving nearly a third of the diaspora.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population.

— Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026

Definition of regularize

Verb

European clients ordered the domestic panorama in custom sizes for the parlor and hung twenty-two arrangeable panels of distant islands and homogenized races draped in foliage and Neoclassical dress—the first garden, before knowing arrived.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
But in general, the scuzz in these songs is homogenized, distributed evenly rather than sticking out in clumps.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of homogenize

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