multilateralizationn.
/mʌltɪˌlat(ə)rəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /mʌltɪˌlat(ə)rl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌməltiˌlædərələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌməltiˌlætrələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌməltiˌlædərəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌməltiˌlætrəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/; see also multi- comb. form. The action or process of making something multilateral.
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army cooperation1864
multilateralization1941
1941 Harvard Educ. Rev. 11 231 The multi-lateralization of the Monroe Doctrine is leading us toward a defensive agreement with the Latin American republics.
1964 Listener 30 July 169/2 The British Government has recently suggested the mixed manning, the multilateralization, of the so-called tactical nuclear weapons now in western Europe.
1986 Ann. Reg. 1985 350 The issue of indebtedness in the multilateralization of the transferable rouble was said..to have a political dimension.
2009 T. Findlay Nucl. Energy, Security & Global Governance 209 The ultimate goal of true multilateralization would see all enrichment and reprocessing facilities for peaceful purposes being under international control and ownership.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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