underdevelopment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English development English underdevelopment From under- + development.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being underdeveloped.
Drawing on insights from thinkers such as Karl Marx, Aimé Césaire and Mahatma Gandhi, they pointed out that underdevelopment in the global South was not a natural condition, but a consequence of the way Western powers had organised the world system over hundreds of years.
2017, Jason Hickel, “Why are Poor Countries Poor?”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:
Forms
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| underdevelopments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
ja 開発中で (Translations) · eu azpigarapen (Translations) · tr az gelişmişlik (Translations) · de Rückständigkeit (Translations) · de Unterentwicklung (Translations) · es subdesarrollo (Translations) · fr sous-développement (Translations) · ast subdesarrollu (Translations) · fi alikehitys (Translations) · ka ქვეგანვითარება (Translations) · it sottosviluppo (Translations) · ka განუვითარებლობა (Translations) · oc sosdesvolopament (Translations) · cmn 欠发达地区 (Translations) · pt subdesenvolvimento (Translations) · et alaareng (Translations)