'non-proliferation' definitions:

Definition of 'non-proliferation'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: nonproliferation, non- proliferation] [ant: proliferation]