nuclearism

nuclearism
nuclearist, n.nuclearistic, adj.
/nooh"klee euh riz'euhm, nyooh"-/ or, by metathesis, /-kyeuh leuh-/, n.
a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
[1965-70; NUCLEAR + -ISM]

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