antinuke
antinuke adjective: opposed to nuclear weapons.
Adjective
antinuke (comparative more antinuke, superlative most antinuke)
- Opposed to nuclear weapons.
- "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.1984 April 21, Maida Tilchen, “New Song, New Feminism, New Gay Awareness”, in Gay Community News, page 9
- Opposed to nuclear power.
- Holly Near […] interpreter for the deaf Susan Freudlich […] and pianist J. T. Thomas […] appeared in Bostonr Nov. 28 as part of a national tour aimed at educating people about nuclear power. […] The concert was introduced by Dr. Helen Caldicott (left) author of Nuclear Madness and a founder of the...1979 December 8, “On Tour For A Nuclear-Free Future (image caption)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 20, page 6
Noun
antinuke (plural antinukes)
- One who opposes nuclear weapons.
- But when the antinukes quote this study, they do not tell anybody that it's been discredited.1996, Fred D. White, Communicating technology: dynamic processes and models for writers
Forms of antinuke
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more antinuke |
| superlative | most antinuke |
| Noun | |
| plural | antinukes |
Origin of antinuke
From anti- + nuke.
Words formed from antinuke
Questions about antinuke
- What does antinuke mean?
- Antinuke means opposed to nuclear weapons.
- What part of speech is antinuke?
- Antinuke can be an adjective or a noun.
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