Strangelovian
Strangelovian adjective: of or pertaining to nuclear apocalypse, especially through incompetence or shortsightedness.
Adjective
Strangelovian (comparative more Strangelovian, superlative most Strangelovian)
- Of or pertaining to nuclear apocalypse, especially through incompetence or shortsightedness.
- Paul C. Warnke, President Jimmy Carter's first director of ACDA, came to Reagan's defense by noting the Strangelovian affection of some armchair strategists for nuclear weaponry.1987, “INF Agreement in Principle”, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 43, number 9, page 5
- How many hundreds of millions of dollars have been sunk into Strangelovian bunkers, how many tens of thousands of hours invested in preparing for that apocalyptic vision? Only a handful of senior doomsday officials may ever know...1994, Mother Jones Magazine (volume 19, number 1, Jan-Feb 1994)
Forms of Strangelovian
| comparative | more Strangelovian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Strangelovian |
| alternative form | Strangelovean |
Origin of Strangelovian
From Strangelove + -ian, referring to the title character in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a black comedy satirizing the nuclear weapons scare.
Questions about Strangelovian
- What does Strangelovian mean?
- Strangelovian means of or pertaining to nuclear apocalypse, especially through incompetence or shortsightedness.
- What part of speech is Strangelovian?
- Strangelovian is an adjective.
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