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Militarize vs Overmilitarize - What's the difference?

militarize | overmilitarize |

As verbs the difference between militarize and overmilitarize

is that militarize is to train or equip for war while overmilitarize is to militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches.

militarize

English

Alternative forms

* (British ) militarise

Verb

(militariz)
  • To train or equip for war.
  • To adopt for use by the military.

    • overmilitarize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * overmilitarise

    Verb

    (overmilitariz)
  • To militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, January 29, Michael Miner, Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage="We overmilitarized ," he said. }}

    Derived terms

    * overmilitarization