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From democratiz(e) + -ation or democrat + -ization.
democratization (usually uncountable, plural democratizations)
- (strictly)
- The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- The spread of democracy as a concept.
- The making more democratic of a political system.
2026, “Unraveling The Democratic Era?”, in V-Dem Institute[1], archived from the original on 17 March 2026, page 19:Autocratization is more prevalent than democratization in every region of the world.
- (loosely) The broadening of access to something, especially for the sake of egalitarianism.
the introduction of democracy
- Afrikaans: demokratisering, demokratisasie
- Albanian: demokratizim (sq) m
- Arabic: دَمَقْرَطَة f (damaqraṭa)
- Asturian: democratización (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: demokratikləşmə
- Belarusian: дэмакратыза́цыя f (demakratyzácyja)
- Bulgarian: демократиза́ция f (demokratizácija)
- Catalan: democratització (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 民主化 (zh) (mínzhǔhuà)
- Czech: demokratizace f
- Danish: demokratisering c
- Dutch: democratisering (nl) f, democratisatie f
- Estonian: demokratiseerimine
- Finnish: demokratisointi (fi), demokratisaatio
- French: démocratisation (fr) f
- Galician: democratización (gl) f
- Georgian: დემოკრატიზაცია (demoḳraṭizacia)
- German: Demokratisierung (de) f
- Greek: εκδημοκρατισμός (el) m (ekdimokratismós), δημοκρατικοποίηση (el) f (dimokratikopoíisi)
- Hebrew: דֶּמוֹקְרָטִיזַצְיָה f (demokratizátsya)
- Hindi: जनतंत्रीकरण m (jantantrīkraṇ)
- Hungarian: demokratizálás (hu), demokratizáció
- Indonesian: demokratisasi (id)
- Italian: democratizzazione (it) f
- Japanese: 民主化 (ja) (みんしゅか, minshuka)
- Kazakh: демократияландыру (demokratiälandyru), демократияландыру (demokratiälandyru), демократиялану (demokratiälanu), бұқарашылдандыру (būqaraşyldandyru)
- Korean: 민주화(民主化) (ko) (minjuhwa)
- Kyrgyz: демократизация (demokratizatsiya), демократиялаштыруу (demokratiyalaştıruu)
- Latvian: demokratizācija f
- Lithuanian: demokratizacija f
- Macedonian: демократиза́ција f (demokratizácija)
- Malay: pendemokrasian, demokratisasi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: demokratisering m
- Occitan: democratizacion f
- Polish: demokratyzacja (pl) f
- Portuguese: democratização f
- Romanian: democratizare (ro) f
- Russian: демократиза́ция (ru) f (demokratizácija)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: демократиза́ција f
- Latin: demokratizácija (sh) f
- Slovak: demokratizácia f
- Slovene: demokratizacija f
- Spanish: democratización f
- Swedish: demokratisering (sv) c
- Tagalog: demokratisasyon
- Turkish: demokratikleşme (tr), demokratizasyon
- Turkmen: demokratizasiýa
- Ukrainian: демократиза́ція f (demokratyzácija)
- Uyghur: دېموكراتىيەلەشتۈرۈش (dëmokratiyeleshtürüsh)
- Uzbek: demokratlashtirish, demokratizatsiya, demokratlashish
- Vietnamese: sự dân chủ hoá (sự (vi) + 民主化), dân chủ hoá (民主化)
- Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטיזאַציע f (demokratizatsye), דעמאָקראַטיזירונג f (demokratizirung)
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broadening of access
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 平民化 (píngmínhuà), 大衆化 / 大众化 (dàzhònghuà)
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