ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Underdevelopment

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Underdevelopment is a noun meaning The condition of being underdeveloped.

Meaning

The condition of being underdeveloped.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underemployment, failure, undeveloped, delay, backwardness, backward.

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