antinuclear
adjective
an·ti·nu·cle·ar
ˌan-tē-ˈnü-klē-ər 
ˌan-ˌtī-
ˌan-ˌtī-
-ˈnyü-,
nonstandard -kyə-lər
1
: opposing the use or production of nuclear power
2
: tending to react with cell nuclei or their components (such as DNA)
antinuclear antibodies
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Inside the cordons, a mixture of elderly German peace activists outfitted in antinuclear T-shirts had lived long enough to have the experience of being joined by a much younger group of protesters in keffiyehs carrying placards and Palestinian flags.
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Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
True, the antinuclear forces will find plenty in the Fukushima saga to bolster their arguments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
The couple consulted with doctors including a functional medicine practitioner and a rheumatologist, who discovered high levels of antinuclear antibodies (which can indicate an autoimmune disease).
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Nearly 200,000 protesters turned out in New York City six months after Three Mile Island for an antinuclear rally.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
Our recent research indicates that one type of autoantibody called antinuclear antibodies increased nearly 50 percent in the U.S. in less than 30 years.
—Olivia Casey, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Subsequent films retreated from the original’s explicit antinuclear sentiments, instead introducing a rogue’s gallery of monsters for Godzilla to fight.
—Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
Its closing chapters explain how the antinuclear movement started by Ukrainian writers soon broke the bounds of the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s timid policy of openness and evolved as a Ukraine-wide eco-nationalist movement.
—Adam Higginbotham, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
Ellsberg spent the next several decades as a writer, lecturer and antinuclear activist.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
True, the antinuclear forces will find plenty in the Fukushima saga to bolster their arguments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2011
The couple consulted with doctors including a functional medicine practitioner and a rheumatologist, who discovered high levels of antinuclear antibodies (which can indicate an autoimmune disease).
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Nearly 200,000 protesters turned out in New York City six months after Three Mile Island for an antinuclear rally.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
Our recent research indicates that one type of autoantibody called antinuclear antibodies increased nearly 50 percent in the U.S. in less than 30 years.
—Olivia Casey, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Subsequent films retreated from the original’s explicit antinuclear sentiments, instead introducing a rogue’s gallery of monsters for Godzilla to fight.
—Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
Its closing chapters explain how the antinuclear movement started by Ukrainian writers soon broke the bounds of the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s timid policy of openness and evolved as a Ukraine-wide eco-nationalist movement.
—Adam Higginbotham, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2020
Ellsberg spent the next several decades as a writer, lecturer and antinuclear activist.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
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antinuclear
adjective
an·ti·nu·cle·ar
-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ər
: being antibodies or autoantibodies that react with components and especially DNA of cell nuclei and that tend to occur frequently in connective tissue diseases (as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjögrens syndrome)
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