Definition of Militarization

1. Noun. Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:. "Mobilization of the troops"


Definition of Militarization

1. Noun. The process whereby some area of land or procedure becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Militarization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Militarization

militarians
militaries
militarily
militariness
militarisation
militarisations
militarise
militarised
militarises
militarising
militarism
militarisms
militarist
militaristic
militarists
militarization (current term)
militarizations
militarize
militarized
militarizes
militarizing
military
military-academy
military-entertainment complex
military-industrial complex
military-school
military abduction
military abductions
military academies
military academy

Literary usage of Militarization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proxy Targets: Civilians in the War in Burundi by Timothy Paul Longman (1998)
"militarization of Society President Buyoya has overseen a massive expansion of the armed forces and a militarization of the general society. ..."

2. A Journal of the Great War by Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865- (1921)
"He will leave for England for the purpose of securing agreement for Allied supply militarization and other purposes connected with our American troops there ..."

3. The Economics of Communism: With Special Reference to Russia's Experiment by Leo Pasvolsky (1921)
"The militarization of Labor The Soviet regime has been very thorough in its application of the principle of compulsion to labor. ..."

4. Arms Reduction: Economic Implications in the Post-Cold War Era by Lawrence Robert Klein, Fu-chen Lo, Warwick J. McKibbin (1995)
"In its political and ideological dimensions, militarization has often been ... In human history different ideologies "incorporated" militarization and ..."

5. Open Wounds: Human Rights Abuses in Kosovo by Julie Mertus, Vlatka Mihelić (1993)
"... I THE militarization OF KOSOVO YUGOSLAV ARMY MISTREATMENT OF CIVILIANS Serbian officials contend that military and police guards in border areas only ..."

6. Punishment Before Trial: Prison Conditions in Venezuela by Joanne Mariner, Michael Bochenek (1997)
"militarization The National Guard, a branch of the armed forces within the Ministry of Defense, is charged with providing the prisons' external security. ..."

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