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anti-growth
adjective
(alsoantigrowth)uk /ˌæn.tiˈɡrəʊθ/ us /ˌæn.t̬iˈɡroʊθ//ˌæn.taɪˈɡroʊθ/
opposed to economic growth generally, or opposed to growth in industry and in the number of people and houses in a particular place:
The strong anti-growth movement has placed some limits on house building.
He was an antigrowth environmentalist.
[ before noun ]
preventing growth in a person, animal, or plant:
The products include human growth and anti-growth hormones.
These cells are insensitive to antigrowth factors.
Successive governments have pursued anti-growth policies.
Anti-growth activists say the city cannot expand without sacrificing its legendary beauty.
They aren't anti-growth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming bigger
accrete
accrue
balloon
bell
billow
bloat
bump
engorge
engorged
enlarge
enlargement
expansion
over-expansion
pile
pile on the poundsidiom
puff
puff up
put something on
regenerate
stretch
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