nonproliferation

Examples

• All

• The organization does not merely encourage nonproliferation; it is also a soft landing for Korean reconciliation and reunification.

  Academic text (1998)

• The technical inability to make weapons seems to be a more reliable guarantee of nonproliferation than any solemn commitment.

  Academic text (1998)

• Consequently, India and Pakistan became the central focus of U.S. nonproliferation policy.

  Academic text (1997)

• The records of the international nonproliferation regimes clearly give a negative answer to this question.

  Academic text (1998)

• A nuclear nonproliferation treaty should ease tension in Asia.

  The House Bunny (2008)

• In this article, I will examine two dilemmas facing international nonproliferation efforts.

  Academic text (1998)

• One of the most dramatic shifts came in China's participation in the global nonproliferation regime.

  Academic text (2013)

• Although the IAEA safeguards were designed to assure nuclear nonproliferation, problems remained.

  Academic text (1999)

• Unilateral sanctions, in fact, are the linchpin of our nonproliferation policy.

  Academic text (1999)

• The international community agreed to a treaty aimed at promoting nuclear nonproliferation among its members.

Synonyms

N

non-proliferation

vsnonproliferation

• Specialized

6.6

Stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and related technology

is written without a hyphen in modern usage but means the same

C

counterproliferation

vsnonproliferation

• Formal

7.7

Describing actions to stop the spread of dangerous weapons like nuclear arms

is the broader idea of preventing spread rather than specific actions or policies

Antonyms

P

proliferation

• Specialized

78 9.5

A rapid increase in the number or amount of something

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology