counterdevelopment

noun

A development that counteracts another development.

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Meanings

nouncounterdevelopment (plural counterdevelopments)

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

Origin

From counter- + development.

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APA

counterdevelopment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdevelopment

MLA

“counterdevelopment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdevelopment. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterdevelopment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdevelopment.

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