nuclearizedadj.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːklɪərʌɪzd/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)ukliəˌraɪzd/

Forms: 1900s– nuclearised, 1900s– nuclearized.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuclearize v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < nuclearize v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier denuclearized s.v. denuclearize v.

1. Of a country, region, etc.: supplied or equipped with nuclear weapons. Also: possessing nuclear power stations.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > provided with nuclear weapons

nuclearized1959

1954 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 20 Mar. 15/3 (caption) Japanese Fishermen. . .Thermo-nuclearized.]

1959 K. E. Knorr Nato & Amer. Security App. 331 The fear of a 'nuclearized Germany' made the Kremlin want a scheme involving the neutralization of the two Germanies.

1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 4/1 A generalised discontent with the prospects of a nuclearised Germany.

1980 R. K. Betts in J. A. Yager Nonproliferation & U.S. Foreign Policy vii. 172 The attractiveness of a nuclearized defense posture is limited when one considers how such a strategy would be implemented.

1999 EuroBusiness Sept. 28/1 Sweden is one of the most nuclearised countries in the world; its 12 reactors generate more than half of the country's electricity.

2. Sociology. Of a family: reduced to its nuclear form (see nuclear adj. 2d).

ΚΠ

1976 A. J. Toynbee & D. Ikeda Choose Life i. iv. 97 As the smaller, more tightly nuclearized family gains predominance, the tendency is to take increased advantage of the institutions for the elderly.

1987 Population & Devel. Rev. 13 232 Women in ‘nuclearized’ Mbeere families continued to work 12 to 13 hours a day, herding and farming sorghum and millet, and with less labor assistance from adult women members of the extended family.

1997 C. Pfluger in G. L. Anderson Family in Global Transition xvii. 456 The more..‘family values’ campaigners succeed..in ‘strengthening the family’ only in its restrictively nuclearized dimensions, the more they will succeed in increasing the very pressures that threaten..to blow [it]..apart.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuclearized
释义	nuclearizedadj. Brit. /ˈnjuːklɪərʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ukliəˌraɪzd/ Forms: 1900s– nuclearised, 1900s– nuclearized. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nuclearize v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < nuclearize v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier denuclearized s.v. denuclearize v. 1. Of a country, region, etc.: supplied or equipped with nuclear weapons. Also: possessing nuclear power stations. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > provided with nuclear weapons nuclearized1959 1954 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 20 Mar. 15/3 (caption) Japanese Fishermen. . .Thermo-nuclearized.] 1959 K. E. Knorr Nato & Amer. Security App. 331 The fear of a 'nuclearized Germany' made the Kremlin want a scheme involving the neutralization of the two Germanies. 1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 4/1 A generalised discontent with the prospects of a nuclearised Germany. 1980 R. K. Betts in J. A. Yager Nonproliferation & U.S. Foreign Policy vii. 172 The attractiveness of a nuclearized defense posture is limited when one considers how such a strategy would be implemented. 1999 EuroBusiness Sept. 28/1 Sweden is one of the most nuclearised countries in the world; its 12 reactors generate more than half of the country's electricity. 2. Sociology. Of a family: reduced to its nuclear form (see nuclear adj. 2d). ΚΠ 1976 A. J. Toynbee & D. Ikeda Choose Life i. iv. 97 As the smaller, more tightly nuclearized family gains predominance, the tendency is to take increased advantage of the institutions for the elderly. 1987 Population & Devel. Rev. 13 232 Women in ‘nuclearized’ Mbeere families continued to work 12 to 13 hours a day, herding and farming sorghum and millet, and with less labor assistance from adult women members of the extended family. 1997 C. Pfluger in G. L. Anderson Family in Global Transition xvii. 456 The more..‘family values’ campaigners succeed..in ‘strengthening the family’ only in its restrictively nuclearized dimensions, the more they will succeed in increasing the very pressures that threaten..to blow [it]..apart. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1959
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