The process of reducing or discharging military personnel and converting armed forces back to a peacetime basis; the British spelling variant.
From 'demobilise' (British spelling) + '-ation'. From French 'démobiliser', combining 'dé-' (remove) + 'mobiliser' (mobilize). The '-isation' ending is standard British English.
After WWI and WWII, 'demobilisation' was one of the most important words in British and French vocabulary—it represented the massive challenge of transforming millions of soldiers back into civilians and restarting entire economies!
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