anti-growth
adjective
(alsoantigrowth)uk/ˌæn.tiˈɡrəʊθ/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈɡroʊθ//ˌæn.taɪˈɡroʊθ/opposedtoeconomicgrowthgenerally, oropposedtogrowthinindustryand in thenumberofpeopleandhousesin aparticularplace:
Thestronganti-growthmovementhasplacedsomelimitsonhousebuilding.
He was an antigrowthenvironmentalist.
[before noun]
preventinggrowthin aperson,animal, orplant:
Theproductsincludehumangrowthand anti-growthhormones.
Thesecellsareinsensitiveto antigrowthfactors.
- Successivegovernmentshavepursuedanti-growthpolicies.
- Anti-growthactivistssay thecitycannotexpandwithoutsacrificingitslegendarybeauty.
- They aren't anti-growth.
Becoming bigger
- accrete
- accrue
- bell
- billow
- bloat
- bump
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extend
- extension
- oak
- putsomethingon
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch