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1
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
- a college campus that was a nucleus of opposition to the war
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- attraction,
- lodestone
- (also loadstone),
- magnet,
- polestar
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2
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
- the nucleus of the movement's methodology has always been passive resistance
Synonyms for nucleus
- bottom line,
- bull's-eye,
- centerpiece,
- core,
- crux,
- essence,
- gist,
- heart,
- kernel,
- keynote,
- meat,
- meat and potatoes,
- net,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- pith,
- pivot,
- point,
- root,
- sum
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The first known use of nucleus was in 1668
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