antinuke

English

Etymology

anti- + nuke

Adjective

antinuke (comparative more antinuke, superlative most antinuke)

  1. Opposed to nuclear weapons.
    • 1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
      "Dig a Hole in the Ground or How to Prosper During the Coming Nuclear War" is one of the most effective anti-nuke sonngs that I have heard in the '80s.
  2. Opposed to nuclear power.
    • 1979 December 8, “On Tour For A Nuclear-Free Future (image caption)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 6:
      Holly Near [] interpreter for the deaf Susan Freudlich [] and pianist J. T. Thomas [] appeared in Bostonr Nov. 28 as part of a national tour aimed at educating people about nuclear power. [] The concert was introduced by Dr. Helen Caldicott (left) author of Nuclear Madness and a founder of the anti-nuke movement in Australia.

Noun

antinuke (plural antinukes)

  1. (informal) One who opposes nuclear weapons.
    • 1996, Fred D. White, Communicating technology: dynamic processes and models for writers:
      But when the antinukes quote this study, they do not tell anybody that it's been discredited.

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