Mobilisation

noun

/ˌməʊ.bɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (BrE) · /ˌmoʊ.bɪ.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (AmE)

The act of organising, assembling, and deploying resources — including personnel, equipment, and supplies — for active service or emergency response, particularly the rapid activation of disaster response forces before or during a crisis.

✍️ Usage in a UPSC answer

The success of any welfare scheme hinges not merely on budgetary allocation but on the mobilisation of grassroots institutions — panchayats, self-help groups and frontline workers — to translate entitlements on paper into delivery on the ground.

Synonyms

marshallingmusteringorganisationrallyingdeploymentgalvanisation

Antonyms

demobilisationdisbandmentimmobilisationdispersal

🌱 Word Family

mobilise (v), mobilisation (n), mobilised (adj), mobilising (v pres.p), mobile (adj), demobilisation (n)

🔡 Root

Latin mobilis = movable; movēre = to move; French mobiliser = to mobilise; -ation = process/action

📜 Etymology

From French mobilisation, from mobiliser, from mobile, from Latin mobilis ("movable"), from movēre ("to move"); first attested in English in 1799.

🧠 Memory Hook

Think "mobile + ise" — to make something MOBILE: mobilisation sets static resources (people, troops, money) into motion toward a goal.

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