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Containment

Containment Meaning & Definition
Containment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Containment?

[n] the act of containing (especially the restraint of a hostile country or a hostile military force); "the army was charged with the containment of the rebel forces"
[n] (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
[n] a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile power or ideology by creating strategic alliances; "containment of Communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Containment:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Containment: appeasement | balance of power | brinkmanship | cincture | circling | circumambience | circumambiency | circumcincture | circumflexion | circumjacence | circumposition | coexistence | colonialism | compromise | detente | deterrence | diplomacy | diplomatic | diplomatics | dollar diplomacy | dollar imperialism | Eisenhower Doctrine | embracement | encincture | encirclement | enclosure | encompassment | enfoldment | envelopment | environment | expansionism | foreign affairs | foreign policy | girding | girdling | good-neighbor policy | imperialism | inclusion | internationalism | involvement | isolationism | manifest destiny | militarism | Monroe Doctrine | nationalism | neocolonialism | neutralism | Nixon Doctrine | nonresistance | open door | open-door policy | peace offensive | peaceful coexistence | preparedness | shirt-sleeve diplomacy | shuttle diplomacy | spheres of influence | surrounding | the big stick | tough policy | Truman Doctrine | world politics

See Also | policy | restraint | system

Containment In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tain"ment\, n. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] The containment of a rich man's estate. --Fuller.

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