civilianization
- noun
- /sɪˌvɪljənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
civilización
- As a result, "civilianization" of defense bureaucracies—by increasing the proportion of civilians employed therein and, in particular, placing civilians in key policymaking positions—has been an important element in the implementation of democratic control of armed forces across Central and Eastern Europe.
- civilianization of defense
- civilianization of military
Examples
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The process of civilianization in the military has helped many former soldiers find new careers.
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While this civilianization process has reduced the influence of the military within the defense bureaucracy, it has also created problems of its own and highlighted yet others.
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As a region, the Middle East did not share in this wave of military withdrawal and civilianization.
Academic text (1997) -
The army's reaction toward this new trend of civilianization of military affairs was ambivalent.
Academic text (1992) -
Another manifestation of the civilianization of Soviet military affairs was civilian intrusion into traditionally military territories.
Academic text (1992) -
In most countries in Central and Eastern Europe, significant progress has been made in terms of the civilianization of defense bureaucracies, though this applies primarily to the candidates for membership in the EU and NATO.
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Civilianization of military affairs is operationalized here by the observed frequency of interactions between military personnel and civilians and increasing civilian interest, control, and intrusion in military matters.
Academic text (1992) -
In the British case, one can observe the introduction of the internal market through devolved budgeting, and the civilianization and subsequent contractorization of functions in administrative and logistic support.
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They also supported the civilianization of the Ministry of Defense and the building of new structures to give substance to the new Union Treaty's pledge to grant the republics a share in policymaking and to prevent the use of central armed forces for intervention in republican internal affairs.
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In reality, the euphoria about "civilianization" or "recivilianization" has been overemphasized because the situation in the developing world remains largely fluid, with the adoption of the Western model of civil-military relations not always seen as the panacea to local problems, especially in the post-Cold War era.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
3
6.8
Removal of soldiers and weapons from an area to make it peaceful
Antonyms
How Civilian
- Specialized
- Formal
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4.5
1
5.9
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7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
civilianization = civilianize (semi-transparent) = civil + ian + ize + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization of 'civilianize' with '-ation', so the immediate derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
Civilianization comes from civil (from the old Latin civis meaning 'citizen') plus the endings -ize and -ation that show 'to make' and the 'process'. So, civilianization is the process of making something for 'citizens' rather than for the army or police, for example turning a military base into homes.