demobilisation

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A form of demobilization — The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.

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demobilization
OriginEnglish mobilisation ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

noundemobilisation (countable and uncountable, plural demobilisations)

plural demobilisations

  1. UKcountablenonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilization.

    Army railwaymen from an H.Q. in Switzerland controlled demobilisation traffic all over Europe, including the famous MEDLOC train service.

    1948 September and October, “The Bicester Military Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 290

Synonyms & antonyms

nounact of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops

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demobilization
Broader
social control
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demobilization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmobilisation
  8. Englishdemobilisation

From de- + mobilisation.

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APA

demobilisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demobilisation

MLA

“demobilisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demobilisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demobilisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demobilisation.

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