nuclearista

pro-nuclear

adjective noo-kleh-ah-REE-stah Rare

Also means

nuclear-energy advocate

Usage Note

Nuclearista can function as both adjective and noun (un nuclearista — 'a nuclear energy advocate'). As an adjective it is invariable in gender — un partito nuclearista, una posizione nuclearista — but forms a regular plural nuclearisti (m/mixed) or nucleariste (f). It appears mainly in political and energy-policy debates.

Examples

"Il partito ha assunto una posizione nuclearista."

Natural Translation

The party adopted a pro-nuclear position.

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