antigrowth

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ growth.

Adjective

antigrowth (comparative more antigrowth, superlative most antigrowth)

1. Opposing or countering growth.
   • 1998, Michael C. Thomsett, Jean Freestone Thomsett, Getting started in real estate investing:

     Other examples include the failure of a local government to change zoning of property due to local antigrowth pressure, even when the need is obvious.

   • 2007, Devendra K. Gupta, Robert Carachi, Pediatric Oncology: Surgical and Medical Aspects:

     Insensitivity to Antigrowth Signals and Deregulation of Cell Cycle

Translations

opposing or countering growth

• Portuguese: anticrescimento