proliferation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
Types & categories
- growth hypernym
Related & opposite
- proliferate derivation
- proliferate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)
the proliferation of nuclear weapons
Types & categories
- increment hypernym
Related & opposite
- nonproliferation antonym
- proliferate derivation
- proliferate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proliferate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proliferate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | growth |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonproliferation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proliferate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proliferate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increment |