NIMBY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("NIMBY" is a kind of...):

contestant; dissenter; dissident; objector; protester (a person who dissents from some established policy)

Domain usage:

acronym; initialism (a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word)

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