Terms vs Nimbyest - What's the difference?
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(nimby)
(usually, pejorative) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
As a noun terms
is .As an adjective nimbyest is
(nimby).nimbyest
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Alternative forms
* nimbiestAdjective
(head)nimby
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Alternative forms
* NIMBYNoun
(en-noun)- politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)
- socially conservative brown (as in shirts) nimbies (may object to the building of jails, prisons, housing for ex-convicts, drinking or adult entertainment establishments)
- ''fiscally conservative green (as in money) nimbies (may object to the building of anything which may decrease preexisting property values)
Adjective
- Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.