nnoun.cognitiona policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefullyExamples:- containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975
Derivationally Related Form:contain
Hypernyms:policy
Inherited Hypernyms:containmentpolicyplan of actionplanideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.artifact(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactorTopic:natural philosophyphysics
Hypernyms:system
Inherited Hypernyms:containmentsysteminstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.actthe act of containing; keeping something from spreadingExamples:- the containment of the AIDS epidemic
- the containment of the rebellion
Derivationally Related Form:contain
Hypernyms:restraint
Inherited Hypernyms:containmentrestraintcontrolactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ring containment
Full Hyponyms:ring containment