antinuclear
- adjective
- /ˌæntiˈnjuːklɪr/
- She joined the antinuclear movement because she strongly opposed the use of nuclear energy.
- antinuclear movement
- antinuclear protest
- antinuclear policies
Examples
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Labour's antinuclear positions in the 1980s represent significant shifts in attitudes as well as policies.
Academic text (1990) -
While this public opinion showed itself capable in the 1980s and 1990s of blocking further nuclear development, antinuclear feeling has not been sufficiently strong to bring about the accelerated phase-out of nuclear power.
Academic text (1999) -
A second new adverse element is the rise of antinuclear defensive technology.
Academic text (2000) -
Antinuclear defenses are not, like nuclear bombs, old technology; they are brand new.
Academic text (2000) -
We address people across the whole political spectrum, whether an antinuclear activist, a utility manager in charge of a reactor, or a waste contractor.
Academic text (1994) -
Throughout the fall of 1981, the administration faced a massive antinuclear crusade in both Western Europe and the United States that it could not ignore.
Academic text (1990) -
The possibility that even some prominent French socialists might be drawn into the currently antinuclear mainstream of the Socialist International cannot be ruled out.
Academic text (1990) -
Although at one time fervently antinuclear, Dagens Nyheter has completely reversed its position in recent years.
Academic text (1999) -
Antinuclear defenses have long been the wild card of nuclear policy, generating almost nonstop intellectual confusion and popular misunderstanding.
Academic text (2000) -
Reagan, to the utter disbelief of many observers, harbored deeply antinuclear sentiments.
Academic text (1990)
Surface Forms
Morphology
antinuclear = nuclear (transparent) = anti + nucle + ar
This is a regular anti- + nuclear formation, so the opposition meaning is directly recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Antinuclear comes from anti- 'against' and nucleus 'core' or 'little nut', so it literally means 'against the atom core'. That's why antinuclear describes people or groups who are opposed to nuclear weapons or nuclear power.