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Definitions: Democratize |
DemocratizeVerb1. Become (more) democratic; of nations. 2. Introduce democratic reforms; of nations. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Economic History | Paraguay | The U.S. Department of Defense provides technical assistance and training to help modernize, professionalize, and democratize the military. (references) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | In addition, Kabila's pledges to democratize the government over time contrasted with the reality of banned political parties and increasingly centralized power. (references) | |
Rwanda | The rebel force, composed primarily of ethnic Tutsis, blamed the government for failing to democratize and resolve the problems of some 500,000 Tutsi refugees living in diaspora around the world. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Democratize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Democratize" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "democratize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | demokratizoj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تدقرط يصبح ديموقراطيا, دقرط يجعله ديموقراطيا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | демократизирам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 民主化 (democratisation, democratization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | demokratizovat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | demokratisoida. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | démocratiser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | demokratisieren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκδημοκρατίζω. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | demokratizál (to democratize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | democratizzare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 民主化 (democratization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | み"しゅか (democratization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emocratizeday democratizar. (various references) democratiza. (various references) демократизировать. (various references) demokratizovati. (various references) democratizar. (various references) demokratisera. (various references) demokratikleştirmek. (various references) демократизувати (popularize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "democratize": democratized, democratizer, democratizers, democratizes. (additional references) | |
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"Democratize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: democratice, democratie, democratise, Demokraattinen, Demokrati, Demokratie, Demokratiei, Demokratyczne. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "democratize" (pronounced di'mÄ"krutī'z) |
| 5 | -r u t ī' z | prioritize, securitize. |
| 4 | -u t ī' z | alphabetize, deputize, desensitize, digitize, dramatize, hypnotize, privatize, proselytize, sanitize, sensitize, stigmatize, traumatize. |
| 3 | -t ī' z | advertise, amortize, neckties. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-i-m-o-r-t-z" | |
-2 letters: amortized, racemized. | |
-3 letters: amortize, atomized, atomizer, azotemic, ceratoid, coadmire, cremated, decimate, decorate, democrat, diameter, ectoderm, erotized, mediator, medicare, medicate, mediocre, metazoic, meteoric, moderate, morticed, racemize, racemoid, timecard. | |
-4 letters: amerced, atomize, cameoed, caromed, carotid, catered, cerated, coadmit, comrade, cordate, cordite, coremia, coterie, creamed, created, cremate, czardom, deciare, demerit, demotic, dimeter, dormice, emerita, emeroid, emirate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-i-m-o-r-t-z" | |
+1 letter: democratized, democratizer, democratizes. | |
+2 letters: democratizers. | |
+3 letters: ovariectomized. | |
+4 letters: laryngectomized. | |
+5 letters: adrenalectomized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6D 6F 63 72 61 74 69 7A 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101101 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01111010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e m o c r a t i z e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006D 006F 0063 0072 0061 0074 0069 007A 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871798169846786759271 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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