antinuke

English

Etymology

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.

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.

Derived terms

• antinuker