antigrowth
Against increasing size
Antigrowth describes opposition to economic or population expansion, typically from environmental or quality-of-life concerns.
Antigrowth policies might restrict development, limit immigration, or discourage consumption: The antigrowth faction on the city council blocked the new subdivision.
The term often carries negative connotations, implying resistance to progress.
Prolonged economic decline
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- contractionReduction in size
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
- downturnEconomic decline period
cutbacks · degrowth · steady-state · fiscal restraint · downsizing · protectionism · regulation · disinvestment
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- degrowthIntentional economic contraction movement
- carrying capacityPopulation an environment sustains
planetary boundaries · resource depletion · carbon footprint · anti-consumerism · bioregionalism · permaculture · sufficiency · climate action
Decrease or refuse
- plateauFlat highland area
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- slumpExtended period of decline
- stasisState of inactivity
inertia · standstill · stagnation · gridlock · sluggishness · malaise
Expecting resource-outpacing reproduction
- overpopulationUnsustainable density of inhabitants
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
- population controlPolicies limiting demographic growth
Rules limiting property use
- greenbeltProtected open space around urban areas
- height limitsMaximum permitted elevation
- NIMBYAnti-neighbor-development acronym
- land preservationProtecting areas from development
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- contractionReduction in size
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
downturn · cutbacks · degrowth · steady-state · fiscal restraint · downsizing · protectionism · regulation · disinvestment · retrenchment
sustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
- degrowthIntentional economic contraction movement
carrying capacity · planetary boundaries · resource depletion · carbon footprint · anti-consumerism · bioregionalism · permaculture · sufficiency · climate action
decline
Decrease or refuse
stasis · inertia · standstill · stagnation · gridlock · sluggishness · malaise
Malthusian
Expecting resource-outpacing reproduction
- overpopulationUnsustainable density of inhabitants
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- family planningControlling fertility deliberately
population control · carrying capacity · fertility decline · one-child policy
zoning restrictions
Rules limiting property use
- greenbeltProtected open space around urban areas
- height limitsMaximum permitted elevation
- NIMBYAnti-neighbor-development acronym
antigrowthprogrowth
Favoring economic expansion
expansionary · expansionist · pro-business · boosterism · accelerationist
grow, growth, growing, grown, grew, grower, growths, outgrowth, undergrowth