Meanings
plural militarizations · alternative militarisation
- countableuncountableThe process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.
The 1990s saw a massive militarization of US police.
2025 May 13, Patrik Jonsson, “Beat cops to game wardens, Florida expands ‘army’ of immigration enforcers”, in The Christian Science Monitor1 more example
The masculine militarization of culture has led to a feminine eroticization.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 167
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
- Englishmilitary
- Englishmilitarize
- Englishmilitarization
From militarize + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَسْكَرَة
- عَسْكَرَة (ʕaskara)Translations
Bulgarian милитариза́ция
- милитариза́ция (militarizácija)Translations
Catalan militarització
- militaritzacióTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 軍事化 /军事化
- 軍事化 /军事化 (jūnshìhuà)Translations
Czech militarizace
- militarizaceTranslations
Danish militarisering
- militariseringTranslations
Dutch militarisering
- militariseringTranslations
Estonian militariseerimine
- militariseerimineTranslations
Finnish militarisointi
- militarisointiTranslations
French militarisation
- militarisationTranslations
German Militarisierung
- MilitarisierungTranslations
Greek στρατιωτικοποίηση
- στρατιωτικοποίηση (stratiotikopoíisi)Translations
Hindi सैन्यीकरण
- सैन्यीकरण (sainyīkraṇ)Translations
Hungarian militarizálás
- militarizálásTranslations
Italian militarizzazione
- militarizzazioneTranslations
Japanese 軍事化
- 軍事化 (gunjika)Translations
Korean 군사화
- 군사화 (gunsahwa)Translations
Latvian militarizācija
- militarizācijaTranslations
Lithuanian militarizacija
- militarizacijaTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål militarisering
- militariseringTranslations
Persian نظامیسازی
- نظامیسازی (nezâmi-sâzi)Translations
Polish militaryzacja
- militaryzacjaTranslations
Portuguese militarização
- militarizaçãoTranslations
Romanian militarizare
- militarizareTranslations
Russian милитариза́ция
- милитариза́ция (militarizácija)Translations
Slovak militarizácia
- militarizáciaTranslations
Spanish militarización
- militarizaciónTranslations
Swedish militarisering
- militariseringTranslations
Turkish askerileştirme, militarizasyon
- askerileştirmeTranslations
- militarizasyonTranslations
Ukrainian мілітариза́ція
- мілітариза́ція (militaryzácija)Translations
Vietnamese sự quân sự hoá
- sự quân sự hoáTranslations
Cite this entry
militarization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarization
“militarization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “militarization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarization.
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