underdevelopment

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Etymology

From under- +‎ development.

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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.

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