nonproliferation

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noun

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:
non-proliferation
• Ant:
proliferation (for: non-proliferation), proliferation
• Hypernyms:
prevention, bar