antinuclear

English

Alternative forms

• anti-nuclear

Etymology

From anti- +‎ nuclear.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

antinuclear (comparative more antinuclear, superlative most antinuclear)

1. 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
2. Serving as protection from nuclear devices
3. Against the nucleus of a biological cell.

Translations

opposed to the use of nuclear weapons or nuclear energy

• Catalan: antiatòmic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反核 (zh) (fǎnhé)

• Czech: protijaderný, antinukleární
• Finnish: ydinvoimavastainen, ydinasevastainen, ydinvastainen
• French: antinucléaire (fr)

• German: antinuklear
• Japanese: 反核 (はんかく, hankaku)
• Korean: 반핵 (ko) (banhaek)
• Polish: antynuklearny (pl) (specifically for weapons)
• Portuguese: antinuclear
• Russian: антия́дерный (ru) (antijádernyj)

serving as protection from nuclear devices

• Catalan: antiatòmic
• Czech: protiatomový

• Portuguese: antinuclear
• Russian: антия́дерный (ru) (antijádernyj)

against the nucleus of a biological cell

• Czech: antinukleární

Further reading

• antinuclear at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ nuclear.

Adjective

antinuclear m or f (plural antinucleares, comparable)

1. antinuclear (opposed to the use of nuclear weapons or nuclear energy)
2. antinuclear (serving as protection from nuclear devices)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French antinuclear.

Adjective

antinuclear m or n (feminine singular antinucleară, masculine plural antinucleari, feminine and neuter plural antinucleare)

1. antinuclear

Declension

Declension of antinuclear

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	antinuclear		antinucleară	antinucleari	antinucleare
	definite	antinuclearul		antinucleara	antinuclearii	antinuclearele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	antinuclear		antinucleare	antinucleari	antinucleare
	definite	antinuclearului		antinuclearei	antinuclearilor	antinuclearelor

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Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ nuclear.

Adjective

antinuclear (plural antinucleares)

1. antinuclear
   • 2015 August 2, “Las heridas de Hiroshima”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Al mismo tiempo, decenas de miles de personas han salido a las calles en una imagen que recuerda a las manifestaciones antinucleares que siguieron al desastre de Fukushima.

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Further reading

• “antinuclear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014