proliferation
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proliferation
- /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ Canada, US, UK
- /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun proliferations
- The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
- The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
- In particular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them. ... to combat proliferation by assisting them in gaining and assuring greater control over their dual-use equipment and technology. States that gain weapons of mass destruction are able to pose a significant military threat to the[…]
- The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: breeding, reproduction, infestation, mushrooming, bloom, expansion, flooding, inundation, multiplicity, spillover, diffusion, propagation, dissemination, spreading, dispersion, circulation
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noun the act of increasing or rising
| Deutsch | Zunahme, Verstärkung, Vergrößerung, Wucherung |
|---|---|
| Italiano | proliferazione |
| Ελληνικά | πολλαπλασιασμός pollaplasiasmós, αύξηση áfxisi, πλήθυνση plíthynsi |
| Русский | увеличе́ние uveličénije, рост rost, пролифера́ция proliferácija |
noun the process by which an organism produces others of its kind
| Español | proliferación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | (세포의)증식, (동식물의)번식 |
| 日本語 | 増殖 zōshoku |
| 中文 | 增殖 zēngzhí |
| Português | proliferação |
| Français | prolifération |
| Deutsch | Sprossung, Knospung, Vermehrung |
| Italiano | proliferazione |
| Ελληνικά | πολλαπλασιασμός pollaplasiasmós |
| Русский | размноже́ние razmnožénije, распростране́ние rasprostranénije, разраста́ние razrastánije |
noun the spread of weapons of mass destruction
| 中文 | 擴散 /扩散 kuòsàn |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Verbreitung, Proliferation |
| Русский | распростране́ние rasprostranénije |
noun the result of building up
| Русский | увеличе́ние uveličénije, рост rost |
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@misc{proliferation_2026,
title = {proliferation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proliferation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
