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has gloss	(noun) a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons); "the proliferation of nuclear weapons" proliferation
lexicalization	eng: proliferation
subclass of	(noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" increment, increase, growth

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opposite	(noun) 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" nonproliferation, non-proliferation