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NON-PROLIFERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons)
Example:
nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals
Synonyms:
non-proliferation; nonproliferation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("non-proliferation" is a kind of...):
bar; prevention (the act of preventing)
Antonym:
proliferation (a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons))
