antidevelopment

English

Alternative forms

• anti-development

Etymology

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.

Translations

opposed to development

• Georgian: განვითარების მოწინააღმდეგე (ganvitarebis moc̣inaaɣmdege)
• Portuguese: antidesenvolvimento