undemocratize
undemocratize verb: to make not democratic, or less democratic.
Verb
undemocratize (third-person singular simple present undemocratizes, present participle undemocratizing, simple past and past participle undemocratized)
- To make not democratic, or less democratic
- But there is still a very wide difference between the willing and persistent, and the accidental and unwilling, holding of slaves, in respect to the influence which slave-holding exerts to undemocratize the master.1865, Thomas Goodwin, The Natural History of Secession, page 73
- because of the various attempts to undemocratize the government.1931, Heinrich Ewald Buchholtz, Fads and fallacies in present-day education, page 149
Forms of undemocratize
| third-person singular present | undemocratizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | undemocratizing |
| past participle | undemocratized |
| past | undemocratized |
| alternative form | undemocratise |
Origin of undemocratize
From un- + democratize.
Words formed from undemocratize
Questions about undemocratize
- What does undemocratize mean?
- Undemocratize means to make not democratic, or less democratic.
- What part of speech is undemocratize?
- Undemocratize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of undemocratize?
- The past tense of undemocratize is undemocratized.
Words near undemocratize in the dictionary
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