antinuke

American  

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

adjective

1. antinuclear.

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noun

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

Etymology

Origin of antinuke

First recorded in 1970–75; anti- + nuke

Example Sentences

“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

Phone banks set up by antinuke groups to counsel frightened viewers received relatively few calls, and the worry among educators about the effect on children seemed, in retrospect, thoroughly overblown.

From Time Magazine Archive

All undertook ambitious nuclear power programs in the 1970's, then saw those projects threatened by antinuke sentiment after Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island accident.

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