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antinuclear

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

an·ti·nu·cle·ar

[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.

Origin:
1955–60; anti- + nuclear


See nuclear.

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Antinuclear has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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antinuclear (ˌæntɪˈnjuːklɪə)
 
adj
opposed to nuclear weapons
 
anti'nuclearist
 
n

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