Nimbyism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nimbyism is a noun meaning (chiefly derogatory) The ideology of a nimby.
Meaning
(chiefly derogatory) The ideology of a nimby.
Example Sentences
Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism?
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
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.
Word Forms
- nimbyisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nimbyist, nimby, yimby, nosism, neo-reactionary, neoreactionary.
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