developmentalist

adjective

Of, or related to developmentalism.

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Meanings

adjectivedevelopmentalist (comparative more developmentalist, superlative most developmentalist)

comparative more developmentalist · superlative most developmentalist

  1. Of, or related to developmentalism.

    [Eisenhower] did it in the end by drawing heavily on Cold War rhetoric: he painted developmentalism as the first step on the road to communism, and by connecting developmentalist governments to the USSR he was able to tar them in the mind of American citizens.

    2017, Jason Hickel, “The Age of the Coup”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN
noundevelopmentalist (plural developmentalists)

plural developmentalists

  1. A follower or proponent of developmentalism.

    He was a developmentalist, a universalist, and a believer in social values and cultural influences.

    1987, The Bulletin of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education, Issue 7

Origin

From developmental + -ist.

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APA

developmentalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developmentalist

MLA

“developmentalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developmentalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “developmentalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developmentalist.

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