Made democratic or accessible to ordinary people; converted a system to be governed by the people (American spelling, past tense).
From democratize + -ed (past tense). This regular past tense formation became standard in English from Old English practices of adding -ed to verbs.
When historians write about democratized technology (like smartphones or the internet), they mean that something once exclusive to elites or the wealthy is now available to the masses—it's a powerful concept that's become almost a business buzzword.
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