proliferasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch proliferatie (“proliferation”), from French prolifération.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro.li.fə.ˈra.si/
• Rhymes: -si
• Hyphenation: pro‧li‧fê‧ra‧si

Noun

prolifêrasi (plural proliferasi-proliferasi)

1. proliferation
   1. (biology, uncountable) the process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

      Synonym: pemproliferatan (Standard Malay)

   2. (politics, uncountable) the spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.

      Synonyms: percambahan, pertambahan (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “proliferasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.