Home › Words › Y › yimbyismyimbyismyimbyism means the ideology of a YIMBY.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, yimbyism ranks #36,606 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom YIMBY + -ism.nounThe ideology of a YIMBY.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).