Nonproliferation

['nɒnprəʊ,lɪfə'reɪʃən] or [,nɑnprə,lɪfə'reʃən]

Definition

(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'.

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