Meaning | The prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase / increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons). |
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Examples | - "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"
- "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals"
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Synonym | non-proliferation |
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Broader | prevention, bar | The act of preventing / preventing |
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Opposite | proliferation | A rapid increase / increase in number (especially a rapid increase / increase in the number of deadly weapons) |
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