proliferation

IPA: proʊɫɪfɝˈeɪʃʌn

(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
(countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
(countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
(uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.

Examples of "proliferation" in Sentences

I personally do whatever I can to avoid having to pronounce the word proliferation.
The NP delegation also expressed concern at what it called a proliferation of human rights institutions with no co-ordination mechanisms.
"The generation of new neurons, what we call proliferation, occurs prenatally during the second trimester," said Romanski, who was not involved in the study.
The Mungle furniture range is the product of a digital design technique that incorporates simple elements, which, in proliferation, are able to articulate more complex overall geometries.
Designed by the Greek designer Dimitrios Tsigos the Mungle Office Desk is the product of a digital design technique that incorporates simple elements, which, in proliferation, are able to articulate more complex overall geometries.
I mean, one threat, of course, is a proliferation threat, which we're dealing with through what we call the proliferation security initiative, which is a group of nations that say, "We're not going to allow this country to proliferate."