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NIMBY
DEFINITIONS OF:
NIMBY
1
n
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
Type of:
contestant
,
dissenter
,
dissident
,
objector
,
protester
a person who dissents from some established policy
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