militarization

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English

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Etymology

From militarize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɪ.lɪ.tə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/
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Noun

militarization (countable and uncountable, plural militarizations)

  1. The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.
    Coordinate terms: demilitarization, remilitarization
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 167:
      The masculine militarization of culture has led to a feminine eroticization.

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