Meanings
plural militarisations
- alternativeAlternative form of militarization.
The militarisation of Northern Ireland caused many problems.
1 more example
Veronika and her husband live in the western Russian city of Oryol, and though their daughter doesn’t go to nursery school every day, Veronika says that she still attends enough for them to notice the increasing militarisation of preschool education.
2026 June 17, Karina Merkureva, “Funny games : Russian preschoolers will soon be subjected to pro-war indoctrination before they can even read or write”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounact of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From French.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
militarisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarisation
“militarisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “militarisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarisation.
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