nonproliferation
nonp·ro·li·feration
noun
1.
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”
Origin
From non- + proliferation.
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