militarisation
militarisation is the alternative form of militarization.
Meaning of militarization
Noun
militarization (countable and uncountable, plural militarizations)
- The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.
- 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
Forms of militarisation
| plural | militarisations |
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Origin of militarisation
From French.
Words formed from militarisation
Questions about militarisation
- What is militarisation the alternative form of?
- Militarisation is the alternative form of militarization.
Words near militarisation in the dictionary
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