n01078572
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 04 |
| def | the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons) |
| examples | 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 |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | prevention, bar |
| Antonym | non-proliferation → proliferation |
| Antonym | nonproliferation → proliferation |
| Incoming links | |
| Hyponym | prevention, bar |
| Antonym | proliferation → nonproliferation |
| Antonym | proliferation → non-proliferation |
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