mobilization meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

mobilization

noun

Etymology From French mobilisation or mobilize + -ation.

British, English, Oxford, US The act of mobilizing.

a national mobilization to fight climate change
It's produced tremendous activism and backlash: there's been all sorts of demonstrations and mobilizations in civil society, there's been examples from the people from the Administration being heckled in a restaurant or not served in a restaurant, there's been a growing crescendo of conversation about what that means.2018 June 26, Chris Hayes, quotee, “How bad is it, really? Ezra Klein evaluates life in the Trump era: transcript & podcast”, in Why Is This Happening?:

British, English, Oxford, US The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules.2024 April 16, Olga Voitovych, Radina Gigova, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, “Zelensky signs law overhauling Ukraine’s mobilization rules”, in CNN:

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences British, English, Oxford, US The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place.

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences British, English, Oxford, US The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another.

Antonyms: demobilization, immobilization
Derived terms: comobilization, countermobilization, lipomobilization, mobilizational, premobilization, remobilization, retromobilization
Related terms: mobile, mobility, mobilize, move