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demobilisation

demobilisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilization.

Meaning of demobilization

Noun

demobilization (countable and uncountable, plural demobilizations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) 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.
    Synonyms:
    demob

Forms of demobilisation

pluraldemobilisations

Origin of demobilisation

From de- + mobilisation.

Questions about demobilisation

What is demobilisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Demobilisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilization.

Words near demobilisation in the dictionary

  1. demob suit
  2. demob suits
  3. demob-happy
  4. demobbed
  5. demobbing
  6. demobilisation
  7. demobilisations
  8. demobilise
  9. demobilised
  10. demobilises
  11. demobilising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demobilisation (page history and authors); demobilization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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