underdevelopment
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English
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From under- + development .
Pronunciation
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[edit ]underdevelopment (countable and uncountable , plural underdevelopments )
- 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
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- Asturian: subdesarrollu
- Basque: azpigarapen
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 欠发达地区
- Estonian: alaareng
- Finnish: alikehitys
- French: sous-développement (fr) m
- Georgian: განუვითარებლობა (ganuvitarebloba), ქვეგანვითარება (kveganvitareba) (nonstandard)
- 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
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