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demilitarisation

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The reduction of the armed forces of a state or other political entity in its entire territory, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.

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Antonyms: militarization

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noun

Meaning 2

The elimination of the armed forces of a state or other political entity from a specific area in its territory, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty, such as in the case of demilitarized zones.

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noun

Meaning 3

The conversion of a military or paramilitary force into a civilian one.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English militarisation English demilitarisation From de- + militarisation.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çmilitarizim — removal of a military force
  • Albanian: demilitarizim — removal of a military force
  • Armenian: ապառազմականացում (apaṙazmakanacʻum) — removal of a military force
  • Belarusian: дэмілітарыза́цыя (demilitaryzácyja) — removal of a military force
  • Bulgarian: демилитариза́ция (demilitarizácija) — removal of a military force
  • Catalan: desmilitarització — removal of a military force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非軍事化 /非军事化 (fēijūnshìhuà) — removal of a military force
  • Czech: demilitarizace — removal of a military force
  • Dutch: ontwapening — removal of a military force
  • Dutch: demilitarisering — removal of a military force
  • Estonian: demilitariseerimine — removal of a military force
  • Finnish: sotajoukkojen pois vetäminen — removal of a military force
  • Finnish: demilitarisointi — removal of a military force
  • French: démilitarisation — removal of a military force
  • Galician: desmilitarización — removal of a military force
  • Georgian: დემილიტარიზაცია (demiliṭarizacia) — removal of a military force
  • German: Demilitarisierung — removal of a military force
  • Greek: αποστρατιωτικοποίηση (apostratiotikopoíisi) — removal of a military force
  • Hungarian: demilitarizálás — removal of a military force
  • Hungarian: demilitarizáció — removal of a military force
  • Indonesian: demilitarisasi — removal of a military force
  • Italian: demilitarizzazione — removal of a military force
  • Japanese: 非軍事化 (higunjika) — removal of a military force
  • Kazakh: қарусыздандыру (qarusyzdandyru) — removal of a military force
  • Korean: 비군사화 (bigunsahwa) — removal of a military force
  • Macedonian: демилитаризација (demilitarizacija) — removal of a military force
  • Polish: demilitaryzacja — removal of a military force
  • Portuguese: desmilitarização — removal of a military force
  • Romanian: demilitarizare — removal of a military force
  • Russian: демилитариза́ция (demilitarizácija) — removal of a military force
  • Russian: разоруже́ние (razoružénije) — removal of a military force
  • Slovak: demilitarizácia — removal of a military force
  • Spanish: desmilitarización — removal of a military force
  • Swedish: demilitarisering — removal of a military force
  • Telugu: నిస్సైనికీకరణ (nissainikīkaraṇa) — removal of a military force
  • Ukrainian: демілітариза́ція (demilitaryzácija) — removal of a military force