non-proliferationn.
/ˌnɒnprəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnprəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌnɑnproʊˌlɪfəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ The prevention of an increase in something, esp. in the possession of nuclear weapons. Frequently attributive, esp. in Non-Proliferation Treaty: an international agreement signed in 1968 with the aim of reducing the spread of nuclear weapons.
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non-proliferation1962
1962 N.Y. Times 1 Apr. 29/3 Mr. Zorin and his aides..pressed for early negotiations on the establishment of zones free of nuclear arms, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons,..and the banning of ‘war propaganda’.
1965 Times 13 July 12/3 It would, however, only be prepared to subscribe to an east-west agreement on non-proliferation when the problem of nuclear security within the Atlantic Alliance had been satisfactorily settled.
1974 Friend 1 Feb. 114/2 The premier..is committed under the Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate an end to the nuclear arms race.
1987 Scrutiny May 2/2 We should now pressure Israel to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
1994 Nation 4 July 18/1 Both Koreas were hailed as pioneers of nonproliferation when they signed a bilateral agreement in December 1991 to create a nuclear weapons-free Korean peninsula.
2000 Monitor (Kampala) 26 Apr. 26/3 The US nuclear umbrella argument should play itself out over a month-long UN non-proliferation forum that opened Monday in New York.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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