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Answer for the clue "The action of making something democratic ", 15 letters:
democratization

Word definitions for democratization in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1865; see democratize + -ation .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Democratization is the transition to a more democratic political regime . It may be the transition from an authoritarian regime to a full democracy , a transition from an authoritarian political system to a semi-democracy or transition from a semi-authoritarian ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously. 2 The spread of democracy as a concept. 3 The making more democratic of a political system.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the action of making something democratic [syn: democratisation ]

Usage examples of democratization.

To these stern but general terms, the other policy documents added several objectives that transformed the occupation from a moderate exercise in demilitarization and political reform into an unprecedented experiment in induced democratization.

Before a new constitution actually came into effect, an extensive range of reformist policies including land reform, woman suffrage, prolabor legislation, and economic democratization had been put into practice under the existing national charter.

They worked with their counterparts in the provincial government to help them do whatever it was that they were going to do in terms of trying to improve the democratization of the country, agriculture in the country, food, health, education, and so forth.

Still, they had hung on tenaciously, even after the reversal in 1947, hoping against hope that their combined influence could help stem the tide and return the new Japan to the beginnings of democratization.