antinuke

antinuke

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider.
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English nuke
English antinuke

    From 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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