nimbyism

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See also: NIMBYism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nimby +‎ -ism.

Noun

nimbyism (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) The ideology of a nimby.
    Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism?
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
    • 2022 January 18, Paul Krugman, “Why a Blue City Is Feeling the Blues”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      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.
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