antinuke

adj, noun — 3 senses

antinuke

adj

Etymology From anti- + nuke.

1

Opposed to nuclear weapons.

  • "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.1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
2

Opposed to nuclear power.

  • 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.1979 December 8, “On Tour For A Nuclear-Free Future (image caption)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 6:

antinuke

noun

Etymology From anti- + nuke.

1

Informal One who opposes nuclear weapons.

  • But when the antinukes quote this study, they do not tell anybody that it's been discredited.1996, Fred D. White, Communicating technology: dynamic processes and models for writers:
Derived terms
antinuker

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