"militarization" meaning in English

See militarization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɪ.lɪ.tə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-militarization.wav Forms: militarizations [plural], militarisation [alternative]
Etymology: From militarize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|militarize|-ation}} militarize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} militarization (countable and uncountable, plural militarizations)
  1. The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: demilitarization, remilitarization Coordinate_terms: demilitarization, remilitarization Translations (Translations): militarizim [masculine] (Albanian), عَسْكَرَة (ʕaskara) [feminine] (Arabic), ռազմականացում (ṙazmakanacʻum) (Armenian), militarización [feminine] (Asturian), militarizasiya (Azerbaijani), мілітарыза́цыя (militaryzácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), милитариза́ция (militarizácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), militarització [feminine] (Catalan), 軍事化 /军事化 (jūnshìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), militarizace [feminine] (Czech), militarisering [common-gender] (Danish), militarisering [feminine] (Dutch), militariseerimine (Estonian), militarisointi (Finnish), militarisation [feminine] (French), მილიტარიზაცია (miliṭarizacia) (Georgian), Militarisierung [feminine] (German), στρατιωτικοποίηση (stratiotikopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), सैन्यीकरण (sainyīkraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), militarizálás (Hungarian), militarizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 軍事化 (gunjika) (alt: ぐんじか) (Japanese), 군사화 (gunsahwa) (alt: 軍事化) (Korean), militarizācija [feminine] (Latvian), militarizacija [feminine] (Lithuanian), милитаризација (militarizacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), militarisering [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), نظامیسازی (nezâmi-sâzi) (Persian), militaryzacja [feminine] (Polish), militarização [feminine] (Portuguese), militarizare [feminine] (Romanian), милитариза́ция (militarizácija) [feminine] (Russian), милитариза́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), militarizácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), militarizácia [feminine] (Slovak), militarizacija [feminine] (Slovene), militarización [feminine] (Spanish), militarisering [common-gender] (Swedish), askerileştirme (Turkish), militarizasyon (Turkish), militarizmleşdirme (Turkmen), мілітариза́ція (militaryzácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), militarizatsiya (Uzbek), militarizatsiyalashtirish (Uzbek), sự quân sự hoá (Vietnamese)
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "militarizasiya"
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      "roman": "militaryzácyja",
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      "word": "мілітарыза́цыя"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "militarizácija",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "милитариза́ция"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "militarització"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "jūnshìhuà",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "軍事化 /军事化"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "militarizace"
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "militarisering"
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "militariseerimine"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "militarisointi"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "militarisation"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "miliṭarizacia",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "მილიტარიზაცია"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Militarisierung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "stratiotikopoíisi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "στρατιωτικοποίηση"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "sainyīkraṇ",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "सैन्यीकरण"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "militarizálás"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "militarizzazione"
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      "alt": "ぐんじか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "gunjika",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "軍事化"
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      "alt": "軍事化",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gunsahwa",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "군사화"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarizācija"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarizacija"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "militarizacija",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "милитаризација"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "militarisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "nezâmi-sâzi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "نظامیسازی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militaryzacja"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarização"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarizare"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "militarizácija",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "милитариза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "милитариза́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "militarizácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "militarización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "militarisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "askerileştirme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "militarizasyon"
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    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "lang_code": "tk",
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      "word": "militarizmleşdirme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "militaryzácija",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мілітариза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "militarizatsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "militarizatsiyalashtirish"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sự quân sự hoá"
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