NONPROLIFERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonproliferation mean? 

• NONPROLIFERATION (noun)
  The noun NONPROLIFERATION has 1 sense:

1. the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons)

  Familiarity information: NONPROLIFERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONPROLIFERATION (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

non-proliferation; nonproliferation

Context example:

nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation are closely related goals

Hypernyms ("nonproliferation" 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))