Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antinuclear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-nu-clear
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposed to the production or use of nuclear weapons, or opposed to the generation of electricity from nuclear power.

adj

Serving as protection from nuclear devices

adj

Against the nucleus of a biological cell.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English nuclear English antinuclear From anti- + nuclear.

Inflected Forms

more antinuclear (comparative) most antinuclear (superlative) anti-nuclear (alternative)

Questions

What does antinuclear mean?: Opposed to the production or use of nuclear weapons, or opposed to the generation of electricity from nuclear power.
Where does antinuclear come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English nuclear English antinuclear From anti- + nuclear.

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