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nucleocracy

nucleocracy noun: the technocrats and technocratic structures involved in the production of nuclear energy.

Noun

nucleocracy (uncountable)

  1. The technocrats and technocratic structures involved in the production of nuclear energy.
    • There is more of this nonsense of nucleocracy. For decades, the Indian nuclear energy establishment has derided and discounted any criticism of the risky working of nearly all its reactors.1995, “Nucleocracy's nonsense”, in DownToEarth
    • The critics of French “nucleocracy” are quite clearly the driving force behind the continuing remembrance of Chernobyl.2013, Karena Kalmbach, “Radiation and Borders: Chernobyl as a National and Transnational Site of Memory”, in Global Environment, volume 11, page 151

Origin of nucleocracy

From nucleo- + -cracy.

Questions about nucleocracy

What does nucleocracy mean?
Nucleocracy means the technocrats and technocratic structures involved in the production of nuclear energy.
What part of speech is nucleocracy?
Nucleocracy is a noun.

Words near nucleocracy in the dictionary

  1. nucleocortical
  2. nucleocosmochronological
  3. nucleocosmochronology
  4. nucleocounter
  5. nucleocounters
  6. nucleocracy
  7. nucleocrat
  8. nucleocrats
  9. nucleocuvette
  10. nucleocuvettes
  11. nucleocytoplasm

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