Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to nuclear apocalypse, especially through incompetence or shortsightedness.

Etymologies

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Strangelove +‎ -ian, referring to the title character in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a black comedy satirizing the nuclear weapons scare.

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Examples

  • His "Strangelovian" ideas of military transformation have no place in a democracy.

    Going to War with the Morons you have 2006

  • Regarding the "Strangelovian" plans to build more nuclear power plants:

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Regarding the "Strangelovian" plans to build more nuclear power plants:

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Regarding the "Strangelovian" plans to build more nuclear power plants:

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • But setting aside the Strangelovian edge to it, a visit to the nuclear vault either in person or even virtually on their Web site is cumulatively awe-inspiring.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • The feeling of a Strangelovian Old Curiosity Shop was reinforced when I first sat down across a conference table from Burr and noticed the rather bizarre backdrop: a semicircular wall of brown cardboard packing boxes that had all been Magic Markered “NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECRETS.”

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • “In the Loop” is a satire of Strangelovian proportions that is both inspired and crass, often at the same time.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • Some notable recent avatars of this creed are a screaming Steve Jobs, the Strangelovian malevolence of a Dick Cheney, the full frontal narcissism of Donald Trump, and the sociopathic greed of just about everybody who is anybody in the financial sector.

    Richard Schiffman: Nice Guys Finish Last -- Or Do They? Richard Schiffman 2011

  • But setting aside the Strangelovian edge to it, a visit to the nuclear vault either in person or even virtually on their Web site is cumulatively awe-inspiring.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • The feeling of a Strangelovian Old Curiosity Shop was reinforced when I first sat down across a conference table from Burr and noticed the rather bizarre backdrop: a semicircular wall of brown cardboard packing boxes that had all been Magic Markered “NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECRETS.”

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

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