| 释义 |
nuclearist|ˈnjuːklɪərɪst|
[f. nuclear a. 3 + -ist.]
One who advocates the possession or use of nuclear weapons; a nation that possesses nuclear weapons. (See also quot. 1952.) So ˈnuclearism (see quot. 19701).
1952Time 26 May 73 In Venice last week, 13 Italian painters who call themselves ‘spatialists’ and ‘nuclearists’ gave their answer with an exhibit ‘inspired by the atomic bomb’. The canvases were almost as explosive as the bomb itself: furious fireballs of bright colors and bold contrasts. 1962Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 948/3 In the great debate on nuclear disarmament..the advantages of sober logic and clear thought have usually lain with the anti-unilateralists, sometimes called the nuclearists. 1964Listener 6 Feb. 220/2 The inclusion of a number of uncommitted countries..has..made of the Commonwealth a useful bridge,..a witness that even neutralists and a nuclearist can work closely together. 1969Bull. Atomic Sci. June 39/2 The weapons..become grotesque technological deities for a debased religion of nuclearism. 1970Atlantic Monthly Oct. 106 The most extreme state of contemporary deformation is..‘nuclearism’. By this term I mean to suggest the passionate embrace of nuclear weapons as a solution to our anxieties..and as a means of restoring a lost sense of immortality. Ibid., This deity is seen as an all-powerful force,..and the nuclear believer, or nuclearist, allies himself to that force. |