Nimbyism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The ideology of a nimby. countable, derogatory, uncountable
"Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism?"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of nimbyism. alt-of, uncountable
"And in the case of New York, NIMBYism is ultimately the reason a great global city has become a one-industry town, leaving it unusually vulnerable to pandemic-driven economic dislocations."
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of nimbyism. alt-of, uncountable
"Reading opposition to SB 50 and other efforts at increasing density, I’m struck by an unsettling thought: What Republicans want to do with I.C.E. and border walls, wealthy progressive Democrats are doing with zoning and Nimbyism."
Example
More examples"Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism?"
Etymology
From nimby + -ism.
From NIMBY + -ism.
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