nucleocracy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The technocrats and technocratic structures involved in the production of nuclear energy.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There is more of this nonsense of nucleocracy. For decades, the Indian nuclear energy establishment has derided and discounted any criticism of the risky working of nearly all its reactors."
- "The critics of French “nucleocracy” are quite clearly the driving force behind the continuing remembrance of Chernobyl."
- "It is as if the term “nucleocracy” was invented for France: the power of the atom, born from the close interrelationship between the ubiquitous nuclear technology, centralised power structures, and a state-controlled energy economy."
Etymology
From nucleo- + -cracy.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: nucleo-