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antinuke

American  
[an-tee-nook, -nyook, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈnuk, -ˈnjuk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

  1. antinuclear.


noun

  1. Also antinuker. a person who supports antinuclear programs.

Etymology

Origin of antinuke

First recorded in 1970–75; anti- + nuke

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“People always look at us and roll their eyes and say ‘Oh, those are the antinuke kooks,’ and that’s just patently unfair,” Ms. Becker said.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2011

Hall even wrote "Power," the song that became the anthem of the antinuke movement, as this 1979 concert with Brown and others attests.

From Forbes Apr. 27, 2010

But the majority were markedly middleclass, like so many members of the powerful antinuke crusade that is causing in creasing political unease throughout Western Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a founder of the Mobilization for Survival, a coalition of antinuke groups, and in 1978 joined a sit-in to blockade the Rocky Flats nuclear installation in Colorado.

From Time Magazine Archive

Environmentalists and antinuke organizations applauded the moves, although some felt Carter should have killed the breeder program outright instead of merely changing its emphasis to breeders that do not use plutonium.

From Time Magazine Archive

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