Nonproliferation

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  non-proliferation
       n : 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}] [ant: {proliferation},
            {proliferation}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonproliferation
       n : 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},
            {proliferation}]