antinuclear

[an-tee-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, an-tahy-, -kyuh-ler]

adjective

1. opposed to the building, stockpiling, or use of nuclear weapons.

2. opposed to the building or use of nuclear power plants.

   Antinuclear demonstrators picketed the power plant.

antinuclear

/ ˌæntɪˈnjuːklɪə /

adjective

1. opposed to nuclear weapons

Pronunciation Note

See nuclear.

Other Word Forms

• antinuclearist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of antinuclear¹

First recorded in 1955–60; anti- + nuclear

Example Sentences

HUY, Belgium—A 50-year-old reactor here was about to shut permanently last week after years of antinuclear protests, when a mysterious projection appeared on its massive cooling tower: the title of the Queen song “Don’t Stop Me Now” next to an image of Freddie Mercury raising his first in the air.

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The stunt was pulled off by activists aiming to save the reactor, taking a page from the antinuclear playbook of Greenpeace and other groups who long sought to close it.

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Engie wants out of the nuclear energy business, which for decades has subjected it to antinuclear protests and the changing whims of Belgian politics.

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Antinuclear protesters began to flock to Tihange after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

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Most came from across the border in Germany, where antinuclear sentiment was running hot.

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