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backwardness /ˈbakwədnəs /noun [mass noun]The state of having made less progress than is normal or expected: unification failed to remedy the economic backwardness of the south technological backwardness...- Her backwardness threatened to prevent his acceptance in wider social circles.
- They belong to the portion of society still doomed to backwardness.
- European conquest and the rights of indigenous peoples exemplify the moral backwardness of international society.
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