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YIMBYism

YIMBYism noun: the ideology of a YIMBY.

Noun

YIMBYism (uncountable)

  1. The ideology of a YIMBY.
    • In its purest form, YIMBYism would dispense with zoning and occupancy laws altogether, and let people build anything anywhere.2019 May, Nicole Gelinas, “What YIMBYs Get Wrong About Housing”, in Governing
    • Active in cities from LA and Portland to Boston and Minneapolis, YIMBYism lives in the center of a Venn diagram of urban ills: the intertwined issues of rising rent, scarce opportunity, and increasingly long commutes.2019 June 28, Patrick Sisson, “YIMBY in action: How pro-housing policies became a political rallying cry”, in Curbed, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2020

Origin of YIMBYism

From YIMBY + -ism.

Questions about YIMBYism

What does YIMBYism mean?
YIMBYism means the ideology of a YIMBY.
What part of speech is YIMBYism?
YIMBYism is a noun.

Words near YIMBYism in the dictionary

  1. Yim
  2. Yim-Ebbin syndrome
  3. Yima
  4. yimakh shemo
  5. yimby
  6. YIMBYism
  7. yimbys
  8. Yimchunger
  9. Yimchungre
  10. Yimchungru
  11. Yimeng

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