hyperproliferation

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ proliferation.

Noun

hyperproliferation (uncountable)

  1. (biology) An abnormally high rate of proliferation of cells by rapid division; substantial overproliferation.
  2. Synonym of overproliferation.
    • 2016 March 30, Peter Vincent Pry, “North Korea Nuclear Threat: ‘Hyperproliferation’ in North Korea”, in The Washington Times‎[1]:
      Sanctions will not work because Russia and China are helping North Korea’s nuclear missile program, accelerating capabilities to threaten the United States, a process that might be termed “hyperproliferation”: […] Some of the implications of hyperproliferation are that Russia and China are part of the problem, not part of the solution; that hyperproliferation by these actors is a weapon in the New Cold War; and that we should reassess the nuclear missile threat from other nations of concern — including Pakistan and Iran.
    • 2015, Charles Krauthammer, The Providence Journal‎[2]:
      And regional hyperproliferation becomes inevitable as Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others seek shelter in going nuclear themselves.
    • 2010, Charles Krauthammer, Rockford Register Star‎[3]:
      There is no greater spur to hyperproliferation than the furling of the American nuclear umbrella.
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