Developmentalist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
"He was a developmentalist, a universalist, and a believer in social values and cultural influences."
- 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."
Example
More examples"[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."
Etymology
From developmental + -ist.
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