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]