NIMBY


Meaning of NIMBY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnim-bē ]

noun

Etymology: n ot i n m y b ack y ard

Date: 1980

: opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable (as a prison or incinerator) in one's neighborhood

• NIMBY·ism -ˌi-zəm noun

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