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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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"
2: (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
3: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1655 1. the act, process, or means of containing 2. the policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country's power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries. 2. The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is the act or process of keeping it under control within a particular area or place. Fire crews are hoping they can achieve full containment of the fire before the winds pick up. = control N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n

Moby Thesaurus

Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, 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, 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, nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, 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, world politics