English

Alternative forms

• NIMBYism

Noun

nimbyism ‎(uncountable)

1. (chiefly pejorative) The ideology of a nimby.
   • 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.

   Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism?‎

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:nimbyism.

Related terms

• nimbyist