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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons);
- Example: "they protested that the nonproliferation treaty was just a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had nuclear weapons"
- Example: "nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals"
[syn: nonproliferation, non-proliferation]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nonproliferation n 1: the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons); "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" [syn: nonproliferation, non- proliferation] [ant: proliferation]