Militarization

Noun CEFR C2

ˌmɪ.lɪ.tə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩

Definitions

The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolmilitarización

Françaismilitarisation

DeutschMilitarisierung

22 more languages

العربيةالعسكرة عَسْكَرَة

Bosanskimilitarizacija милитаризација

Catalàmilitarització

Ελληνικάστρατιωτικοποίηση

Suomimilitarisointi

Galegomilitarización

हिन्दीशस्त्रीकरण सैन्यीकरण

Hrvatskimilitarizacija милитаризација

Italianomilitarizzazione

日本語軍事化

ქართულიმილიტარიზაცია

한국어군사화

Македонскимилитаризација

Nederlandsmilitarisering

Polskimilitaryzacja

Portuguêsmilitarização

Românămilitarizare

Русскиймилитаризация

Shqipmilitarizim

Српскиmilitarizacija милитаризација

Svenskamilitarisering

Українськамілітаризація

Examples

“The masculine militarization of culture has led to a feminine eroticization.”

“The 1990s saw ⟳ a massive militarization of US police.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Militarize Militarized Militarizes Militarizing military military abduction

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