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demobilization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IY0 M OW2 B AH0 L AY0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • demobilization of factories
  • immediate demobilization of the reserves

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demobilisation

Antonyms: mobilization

Broader terms: social control

Narrower terms: disarming, disarmament

History

Etymology

From de- + mobilization or demobilize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дэмабіліза́цыя (demabilizácyja) — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Catalan: desmobilització — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復員 /复员 (fùyuán) — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Finnish: kotiutus — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Finnish: kotiuttaminen — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • French: démobilisation — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Galician: desmobilización — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • German: Demobilisierung — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Italian: smobilitazione — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Japanese: 復員 (fukuin) — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Polish: demobilizacja — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Portuguese: desmobilização — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Russian: демобилиза́ция (demobilizácija) — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Russian: де́мбель (démbelʹ) — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Slovak: demobilizácia — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Spanish: desmovilización — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Swedish: demobilisering — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Swedish: hemförlovning — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Swedish: utryckning — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Turkish: terhis — disorganization or disarming of troops
  • Ukrainian: демобіліза́ція (demobilizácija) — disorganization or disarming of troops