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MOBILISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:
Example:
mobilization of the troops
Synonyms:
militarisation; militarization; mobilisation; mobilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mobilisation" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mobilisation"):
armament; arming; equipping (the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war)
conscription; draft; muster; selective service (compulsory military service)
remilitarisation; remilitarization (the act of militarizing again)
Derivation:
mobilise (make ready for action or use)
mobilise (get ready for war)
mobilise (call to arms; of military personnel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action
Example:
mobilization of the country's economic resources
Synonyms:
mobilisation; mobilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mobilisation" is a kind of...):
assemblage; assembly; gathering (the social act of assembling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mobilisation"):
economic mobilisation; economic mobilization (mobilization of the economy)
rallying (the act of mobilizing for a common purpose)
Derivation:
mobilise (make ready for action or use)
mobilise (call to arms; of military personnel)
