proliferation
/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- In particular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
- The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree French proliférer Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French proliférationbor. English proliferation Borrowed from French prolifération.
Related words
Descendant words
- proliferaatio(Finnish) (cog)
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