underdevelopment

English

Etymology

under- +‎ development

Noun

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

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

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