nimbyism
noun[U]
disapproving(also mainlyUSNIMBYism)uk/ˈnɪm.bi.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈnɪm.bi.ɪ.zəm/thebehaviourof someone who does notwantsomething to bebuiltor done near where theylive,althoughit does need to bebuiltor donesomewhere:
邻避行为(居民反对某必要设施在其居住地附近的建设)Residents wereaccusedof nimbyism when theytriedtostopthe newsuperstoredevelopment.居民们试图阻止新超市的建设,人们指责他们这是邻避行为。
Nimbyismhelpsexplaintheshortageof newhousingin the Southeast.邻避行为可以解释西南新建住房短缺的原因。
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nimby
- Is this afaircomplaintorsimplenimbyism?
- Planningdelaysand nimbyismmeanthat fewer, not more,housesare beingbuilt.
- Themayoropposestheproject, butrejectsaccusationsof nimbyismdirectedat hiscity.
Opposing & against
- ad hominem
- alienate
- alienated
- alienation
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- anti-boycott
- antithetical
- nimby
- non-confidence
- object
- oppositional
- outcry
- protest
- raise
- raise hellidiom
- resistant
- sail against the windidiom
- versus
- virulent