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)
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• German: antinuklear
• Japanese: 反核 (はんかく, hankaku)
• Korean: 반핵 (ko) (banhaek)
• Portuguese: antinuclear
• Russian: антия́дерный (ru) (antijádernyj)

serving as protection from nuclear devices

• Catalan: antiatòmic
• Czech: protiatomový
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• Portuguese: antinuclear
• Russian: антия́дерный (ru) (antijádernyj)

against the nucleus of a biological cell

• Czech: antinukleární
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Further reading

• “antinuclear”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ nuclear.

Adjective

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ nuclear.

Adjective

antinuclear m or f (masculine and feminine 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