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In some senses, nimby is marked as derogatory, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
nimby
/ˈnɪm.bi/
noun 3phrase 2adj 2
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4VERB + NIMBY
trade
NIMBY + NOUN
--, attitude
PREP.
in
ADV.
typically
Definitions
phrase
1
Not in my backyard (in objection to an undesirable structure built locally).
noun
1
Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
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)
adj
1
Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.
[…] to be obvious exaggerations of the threats, but rather focused on critiquing the means employed—i.e., the various enforcement techniques that adversely affected innocent bystanders—and in a very nimby (not in my back yard) sort of way.
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politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)
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socially conservative brown (as in shirts) nimbies (may object to the building of jails, prisons, housing for ex-convicts, drinking or adult entertainment establishments)
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fiscally conservative green (as in money) nimbies (may object to the building of anything which may decrease preexisting property values)
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Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.
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[…] to be obvious exaggerations of the threats, but rather focused on critiquing the means employed—i.e., the various enforcement techniques that adversely affected innocent bystanders—and in a very n
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In cities like Houston, for example, all-white zoning boards targeted Black neighborhoods for the siting of noxious facilities, like landfills, incinerators and garbage dumps. Robert Bullard, a profes
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