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counterdevelopment

counterdevelopment noun: a development that counteracts another development.

Noun

counterdevelopment (plural counterdevelopments)

  1. A development that counteracts another development.
    • These counterdevelopments challenge earlier expectations about a linear progression of secularism and modernisation.2016, Peter Nynäs, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life

Forms of counterdevelopment

pluralcounterdevelopments

Origin of counterdevelopment

From counter- + development.

Questions about counterdevelopment

What does counterdevelopment mean?
Counterdevelopment means a development that counteracts another development.
What part of speech is counterdevelopment?
Counterdevelopment is a noun.
What is the plural of counterdevelopment?
The plural of counterdevelopment is counterdevelopments.

Words near counterdevelopment in the dictionary

  1. counterdepressive
  2. counterdeputation
  3. counterdeputations
  4. counterdesire
  5. counterdesires
  6. counterdevelopment
  7. counterdevelopments
  8. counterdiabatic
  9. counterdiagonal
  10. counterdiagonals
  11. counterdie

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