anti-growth

adjective

an·​ti-growth ˌan-tē-ˈgrōth How to pronounce anti-growth (audio)
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to, inhibiting, or resistant to growth
especially : opposed to economic development
anti-growth measures
… voters this September tossed out a coalition of anti-growth members who have long blocked roadbuilding on ideological grounds. Gregg Easterbrook

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What their plans would mean for federal deficits The combination of the Vice President’s pro- and anti-growth tax proposals would increase the federal deficit by $2 trillion over 10 years, according to Penn Wharton estimates. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024 But the benefits of its pro-growth investments have been offset somewhat by anti-growth tax increases, Mr Pomerleau says, which makes its long-term economic impact ambiguous. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024 The pro-tech media’s other adversaries are a constellation of government, corporate, and entertainment figures dubbed too reflexively anti-tech, too anti-growth, or too politically correct. Peter Rubin, Longreads, 1 Aug. 2024 And this is the factor which would have continued to play the role of major anti-growth driver, even if nothing happened with oil prices or Crimea. Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016 But in a large, diverse city, anti-growth voices often are counterbalanced by pro-housing interests active in city politics, such as large employers, developers, construction unions or affordable-housing nonprofits. Paul G. Lewis, Fortune, 10 July 2023 In years past, these were precisely the kinds of events that allowed anti-growth advocates to make their voices heard. Daniel Duane, New York Times, 30 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-growth was in 1887

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“Anti-growth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-growth. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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