nonproliferation
n 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" [syn: {nonproliferation}, {non-
proliferation}] [ant: {proliferation}]