Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nucleocrat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nu-cle-o-crat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expert in nuclear energy.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"For instance, Jean Syrota, a French 'nucleocrat' and the head of the DIGEC ('Direction generale du gaz, de l'électricité et du charbon' within the ministry), and the CEO of COGEMA, a nuclear waste recycling company (Van de Hoven and Froschauer 2004: 1094), was named president of the newly instuted CRE."
"Because even at the maximum level of nucleocrat ambitions, the effects on the climate are of marginal concern."
"Although the people I was talking to assured me that Mr Lochard was not a nucleocrat and that he did useful work with the inhabitants of the contaminated territories, my curiosity was pîqued."
"A thought for our companions in jail, among them Alfredo, an Italian anarchist who shot a nucleocrat."

Etymology

From nucleo- + -crat.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: nucleo-

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

nucleocrats (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nucleocracy

Questions

What does nucleocrat mean?: An expert in nuclear energy.
Where does nucleocrat come from?: From nucleo- + -crat.

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