demobilization

English

Alternative forms

• demobilisation

Etymology

From de- +‎ mobilization or demobilize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

demobilization (countable and uncountable, plural demobilizations)

1. 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

• (UK) demob

Antonyms

• mobilization

Derived terms

• nondemobilization

 

Translations

disorganization or disarming of troops

• Catalan: desmobilització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復員／复员 (zh) (fùyuán)

• Finnish: kotiutus (fi), kotiuttaminen (fi)
• French: démobilisation (fr) f
• Galician: desmobilización (gl) f
• German: Demobilisierung (de) f
• Italian: smobilitazione f
• Japanese: 復員 (ja) (ふくいん, fukuin)
• Polish: demobilizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: desmobilização f
• Russian: демобилиза́ция (ru) f (demobilizácija), де́мбель (ru) m (démbelʹ) (army slang)
• Slovak: demobilizácia
• Spanish: desmovilización (es) f
• Swedish: demobilisering (sv) c, hemförlovning c, utryckning (sv) c
• Turkish: terhis (tr)

Further reading

• “demobilization”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “demobilization”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “demobilization”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “demobilization”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.