Anti-nuclear Definition

antīno͝oklēər, antēno͝oklēər; antīnyo͝oklēər, antēnyo͝oklēər
antinuclear
adjective
Opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products.
Webster's New World

Opposed to the production or use of nuclear weapons, or opposed to the generation of electricity from nuclear power.

1995. "As antinuclear sentiment became popular, politicians such as Govs. Hugh L. Carey and Mario M. Cuomo jumped on the bandwagon and helped delay and defeat the opening. All the while the interest costs grew at astronomical rates." --New York Times, Oct 15, 1995, Antinuclear Role in High Electric Costs.
Wiktionary

Serving as protection from nuclear devices.

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Origin of Anti-nuclear

  • From anti- + nuclear.

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