militarization
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌmɪlɪtəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
:
militarización
- The country's militarization began after the conflict intensified and external threats grew.
- Increased militarization
- level of militarization
- degree of militarization
Bradley Dalco has written about this rather compellingly funding the militarization of police around the country.
- Bradley Dalco has written about this rather compellingly funding the militarization of police around the country.
Examples
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The general degree of militarization in Western European populations has thus sunk and is still sinking.
Academic text (1998) -
Many activists are protesting against the militarization of the police in urban areas.
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A high level of militarization might reflect only a response to a transient or temporary threat.
Academic text (1994) -
The country has since actively taken part in the growing militarization of the Caspian region, say observers.
Blog text (10) -
Tendencies toward higher regional militarization can also be found in Asia and the Caucasus.
Blog text (12) -
Because of its strain on national resources, militarization has exacted a heavy toll on development and democratization in the region.
Academic text (1991) -
Americans bolstered the distinctions between themselves and Latin Americans through a militarization of the US-Mexico border.
Academic text (1999) -
Albert Langen, the editor of Simplicissimus, chose his title to reflect his concern over the increasing militarization of Wilhelmine Germany.
Academic text (2008) -
Moreover, militarization would undermine the gravity of the humanitarian catastrophe involved in a confrontation with the regime.
Academic text (2012) -
The militarization of police forces has raised concerns about civil liberties.
Synonyms
26
6.7
Organizing people and supplies for action in a crisis
16
5.1
The act of giving weapons to soldiers to prepare for war
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7.0
Supplying a country or army with weapons and equipment to prepare for war
Antonyms
- Specialized
51
5.5
To reduce or remove weapons and armies between countries to lower the chance of war
How Militarized
Surface Forms
Morphology
militarization = militarize (transparent) = military + ize + ation
The noun is formed by adding '-ation' to the verb 'militarize', a standard nominalization denoting a process.
Etymology
Militarization comes from military, which originally meant 'soldier', and the ending -ization, meaning 'the act of making'. So militarization is the process of making a place or group like a military, equipping or getting it ready for war.