antinuclear

[ an-tee-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, an-tahy-or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler ]

adjective

1. opposed to the building, stockpiling, or use of nuclear weapons.
2. opposed to the building or use of nuclear power plants:

   Antinuclear demonstrators picketed the power plant.

antinuclear

/ ˌæntɪˈnjuːklɪə /

adjective

1. opposed to nuclear weapons

Pronunciation Note

See nuclear.

Derived Forms

• ˌantiˈnuclearist, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of antinuclear¹

First recorded in 1955–60; anti- + nuclear

Example Sentences

Subsequent films retreated from the original’s explicit antinuclear sentiments, instead introducing a rogue’s gallery of monsters for Godzilla to fight.

From Scientific American

In the 1950s, the US was on a path to a low-carbon energy future before the antinuclear movement, including the fossil fuel industry, successfully capitalized on Cold War fears of radiation.

From Salon

In the 1950s, the US was on a path to a low-carbon energy future before the antinuclear movement, including the fossil fuel industry, successfully capitalized on Cold War fears of radiation: despite the evidence against harmful risks materialising.

From Salon

After the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, Mr. Sakamoto became an activist in Japan’s antinuclear movement, organizing a No Nukes concert in 2012 at which a reunited Yellow Magic Orchestra, and the band Kraftwerk, one of Yellow Magic’s major influences, performed.

From New York Times

While the weeks-old infant lay in a hospital, he accepted a journalism assignment to cover an international antinuclear conference in Hiroshima.

From New York Times