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