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Nonproliferation

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the prevention of something increasing or spreading, especially referring to the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons

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non-proliferationnonproliferation
alternatephrasing
Non-Proliferation
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Nonproliferations
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Nonproliferation's
pluralpossessive
Nonproliferations'