demographize

present singular third person demographizes · participle present demographizing · participle past demographized · past demographized

1. transitiveTo convert into, or adapt to the needs or norms of, a demographic.

   Generation Y is partly a marketing term and, like Generation X before it, is to some extent a construct that helps advertisers to 'demographize' a particular age group.

   2016, Joost de Bruin, Koos Zwaan, Adapting Idols, page 111

   1 more example

   Housing and its demographizing reflect the improving education, income, and "power" of a group. It also reflects the generation gap between third and fourth generation Italian-Americans.

   1970, George L. Farmer, The Dilemma of the Italian-American, page 4