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Antonyms for proliferation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : prəˌlɪf əˈreɪ ʃən


Definition of proliferation

Origin :
  • 1859, "formation or development of cells," from French prolifération, from prolifère "producing offspring," from Latin proles "offspring" (see prolific) + ferre "to bear" (see infer). Meaning "enlargement, extension, increase" is from 1920; especially of nuclear weapons (1966).
  • noun conception
  • noun increase
Example sentences :
  • The 70s witnessed a proliferation of multilateral assistance programs.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • This phenomenon is known as proliferation of the floral axis.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 » by Various
  • And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • That cells, still retaining the same nature, increase by self-division or proliferation, is admitted by almost every one.
  • Extract from : « The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Darwin
  • That the chieftaincy was neither inherited nor permanent is indicated by the proliferation of chiefs' names in historical sources.
  • Extract from : « Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society » by Robert F. Murphy
  • The science treats of a balanced system rather than of a proliferation.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • A proliferation of tools allowed for increased productivity in those remote times of the inception of language.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Increase in size following emergence from hibernation may be due in part to proliferation of the sustentacular cytoplasm.
  • Extract from : « Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz » by John M. Legler
  • This is due to the proliferation of the cells in the anterior capsule of the lens while attempting to lay down new lens fibres.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • But where did that place his theory on darkness and a correlation with the heightened noise's proliferation?
  • Extract from : « The Land of Look Behind » by Paul Cameron Brown

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