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]
  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]