- mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
--1 is a kind of social control
--1 has particulars:arming, armament, equipping; conscription, muster, draft, selective service; remilitarization, remilitarisation Derived forms: verb militarize1, verb militarize2