English Explanatory Dictionary

mogilization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mobilization, ostensibly precipitating mass casualties; a mobilization to the grave.
  2. The Russian mobilization in 2022.

Word forms

mogilization mogilizations

Etymology

Partial calque of Russian могилиза́ция (mogilizácija), originally a blend of моги́ла (mogíla, “grave”) + мобилиза́ция (mobilizácija, “mobilization”), as if from моги́ла (mogíla, “grave”) + -иза́ция (-izácija, “-ization”). * (US) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /moʊɡəɫaɪˈzeɪʃən/ * Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Related words

busification mobik
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