underdevelopment

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ development.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underdevelopment (countable and uncountable, plural underdevelopments)

1. The condition of being underdeveloped.
   • 2017, Jason Hickel, “Why are Poor Countries Poor?”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Asturian: subdesarrollu
• Basque: azpigarapen
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欠发达地区

• Estonian: alaareng
• Finnish: alikehitys
• French: sous-développement (fr) m
• German: Unterentwicklung f, Rückständigkeit (de) f
• Italian: sottosviluppo (it) m
• Japanese: 開発中で
• Occitan: sosdesvolopament (oc)
• Portuguese: subdesenvolvimento (pt) m
• Spanish: subdesarrollo m
• Turkish: az gelişmişlik