antidevelopment

antidevelopment

English

Alternative forms

  • anti-development

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider.
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English development
English antidevelopment

    From anti- + development.

    Adjective

    antidevelopment (not comparable)

    1. (politics) Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land
      • 1988 September 16, Michael Miner, “"Politics of Poverty": Why Did John McCarron Do That?”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
        The problematic notion in all of this is that of antidevelopment forces working in concert.

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