democratizer

plural democratizers · alternative democratiser

1. One who democratizes.

   What is left is pretty much McDonald’s — the restaurant of the masses, the great democratizer, the substitute for the community square, where it is possible to read or nurse a cheap cup of coffee for hours, or to nap after taking a daily methadone dose.

   2015 July 19, Kim Barker, “A Manhattan McDonald’s With Many Off-the-Menu Sales”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021

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   Three countries that are bordering to becoming democratizers are: Chad, Gabon, and South Korea. All three countries are potential U-turns. Of those, South Korea is the closest one to qualify as a democratizer after featuring as an autocratizer only one year ago.

   2026, “Unraveling The Democratic Era?”, in V-Dem Institute, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026, page 43