demilitarisation

English

Alternative forms

• demilitarization

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.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

demilitarisation (plural demilitarisations)

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. Antonym: militarization
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.
3. The conversion of a military or paramilitary force into a civilian one.

Translations

removal of a military force

• Albanian: çmilitarizim (sq) m, demilitarizim m
• Armenian: ապառազմականացում (hy) (apaṙazmakanacʻum)
• Belarusian: дэмілітарыза́цыя f (demilitaryzácyja)
• Bulgarian: демилитариза́ция (bg) f (demilitarizácija)
• Catalan: desmilitarització (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非軍事化 / 非军事化 (zh) (fēijūnshìhuà)

• Czech: demilitarizace f
• Dutch: ontwapening (nl) f, demilitarisering (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: demilitariseerimine
• Finnish: sotajoukkojen pois vetäminen, demilitarisointi (fi)
• French: démilitarisation (fr) f
• Galician: desmilitarización (gl) f
• Georgian: დემილიტარიზაცია (demiliṭarizacia)
• German: Demilitarisierung (de) f
• Greek: αποστρατιωτικοποίηση (el) f (apostratiotikopoíisi)
• Hungarian: demilitarizálás (hu), demilitarizáció (hu)
• Indonesian: demilitarisasi
• Italian: demilitarizzazione f
• Japanese: 非軍事化 (higunjika)
• Kazakh: қарусыздандыру (qaruwsızdandıruw)
• Korean: 비군사화(非軍事化) (bigunsahwa)
• Macedonian: демилитаризација f (demilitarizacija)
• Polish: demilitaryzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: desmilitarização (pt) f
• Romanian: demilitarizare (ro) f
• Russian: демилитариза́ция (ru) f (demilitarizácija), разоруже́ние (ru) n (razoružénije)
• Slovak: demilitarizácia f
• Spanish: desmilitarización (es) f
• Swedish: demilitarisering (sv) c
• Telugu: నిస్సైనికీకరణ (nissainikīkaraṇa)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: демілітариза́ція f (demilitaryzácija)

See also

• disarmament