conscription
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8.2
- noun
- /kənˈskrɪpʃən/
- Formal
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conscripción
- In the Iberian nations, conscription is poorly esteemed by the population.
- universal conscription
- military conscription
- abolish conscription
Like the British conscription agents did not really deeply investigate soldiers lying about their age.
- Like the British conscription agents did not really deeply investigate soldiers lying about their age.
- Call it the hybrid system conscription, but with a buyout provision.
- I would still be against conscription first, of course.
- And also, people say bring back conscription.
- Britain did not practice conscription, so such core gave students the chance to practice at least basic military training.
Examples
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Deliver conscription notices throughout all the provinces.
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Let me see your conscription notice.
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You meet all requirements for conscription.
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I'd like to know if the socialist party is gonna fight conscription or not.
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There was both support and resistance to conscription in the Maghrib.
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We will end conscription.
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The advent of broadly based conscription greatly enlarged armies and increased their durability.
Academic text (1996) -
When the call from up high came for conscription, it would involve a quota of men which must be raised from the various territorial regions known as cantons.
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In the country, men are required to register for conscription at age eighteen.
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The government debated the reintroduction of conscription due to increasing military needs.
Synonyms
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6.1
A government rule that makes people serve in the army
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8.0
An official order that makes people join the army
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4.1
A fixed time when citizens must join the armed forces
Antonyms
How Compulsory
- Formal
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8.2
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conscription comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and scribere ('to write'), and you can see the same root in the English word script, which means 'writing'. So it originally meant 'writing people together' or making a list of names, and that's why conscription now means a law that requires people to join the army.