Antonyms of noun proliferation

1 of 2 senses of proliferation

Sense 2
proliferation -- (a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons")
       Antonym of nonproliferation (Sense 1)
      => nonproliferation, non-proliferation -- (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")
       Antonym of non-proliferation (Sense 1)
      => nonproliferation, non-proliferation -- (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")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun proliferation

2 senses of proliferation

Sense 1
proliferation -- (growth by the rapid multiplication of parts)
       => growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis -- ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children")

Sense 2
proliferation -- (a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons")
       => increase, increment, growth -- (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population")