'Containment' definitions:
Definition of 'containment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
noun
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
noun
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
Definition of 'Containment'
From: GCIDE
- Containment \Con*tain"ment\, n.
- 1. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The containment of a rich man's estate. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. the act of containing. [PJC]
- 3. (Diplomacy) the act or policy of restricting the influence or territorial growth of a hostile nation.
- Note: The policy of containment is employed when the defeat of a hostile nation or overthrow of its government is considered impractical or too costly. [PJC]
- 4. the act of restricting some deleterious substance within a confined space, especially when such material is released unintentionally or by accident; as, containment of nuclear waste; containment of an oil spill. Also used attributively, as a containment boom. [PJC]
- 5. a structure surrounding a nuclear power plant designed to prevent release of radioactive materials into the environment in the event of an accident. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'containment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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