Democratisation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of democratization. alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
"Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”."
- 2 the action of making something democratic wordnet
Example
More examples"Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”."
Etymology
From democratise + -ation.
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