demilitarisation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
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.
noun
The conversion of a military or paramilitary force into a civilian one.
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.