de-developmentn.

Etymology: < de- prefix 2b + development n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: de-deˈvelopment.

The reversal of economic or industrial development, esp. in (over-) developed countries, for the benefit of the country concerned; return to a less advanced economy.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] > industrialization or development > reversal of industrializing process

de-development1974

1974 Ecologist IV. viii. 309/3 It has been the theme of the Ecologist for the last four years that development is an unmitigated catastrophe. What is needed is de-development even in Africa.

1976 Church Times 10 Dec. 10 The snag about..‘de-development’ (Professor Birch at the WCC) as the aim is that in the past mankind has found satisfaction largely through trying to do better materially.

1978 Nature 18 May 176/2 Where some developed countries (such as Italy) are experiencing an enforced de-development, and others are hovering from crisis to crisis, a little isolation from western science and technology may not be a bad thing for the developing countries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	de-development
释义	de-developmentn. Etymology: < de- prefix 2b + development n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: de-deˈvelopment. The reversal of economic or industrial development, esp. in (over-) developed countries, for the benefit of the country concerned; return to a less advanced economy. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > [noun] > industrialization or development > reversal of industrializing process de-development1974 1974 Ecologist IV. viii. 309/3 It has been the theme of the Ecologist for the last four years that development is an unmitigated catastrophe. What is needed is de-development even in Africa. 1976 Church Times 10 Dec. 10 The snag about..‘de-development’ (Professor Birch at the WCC) as the aim is that in the past mankind has found satisfaction largely through trying to do better materially. 1978 Nature 18 May 176/2 Where some developed countries (such as Italy) are experiencing an enforced de-development, and others are hovering from crisis to crisis, a little isolation from western science and technology may not be a bad thing for the developing countries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1974
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