Underdevelopment

Synonyms for "underdevelopment" (4 found)

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Translations

16 translations across 14 languages.

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Asturian

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  • subdesarrollu noun (Translations)

Basque

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  • azpigarapen noun (Translations)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 欠发达地区 noun (Translations)

Estonian

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  • alaareng noun (Translations)

Finnish

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  • alikehitys noun (Translations)

French

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  • sous-développement noun (Translations)

Georgian

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  • განუვითარებლობა noun (Translations)
  • ქვეგანვითარება noun (Translations)

German

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  • Rückständigkeit noun (Translations)
  • Unterentwicklung noun (Translations)

Italian

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  • sottosviluppo noun (Translations)

Japanese

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  • 開発中で noun (Translations)

Occitan

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  • sosdesvolopament noun (Translations)

Portuguese

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  • subdesenvolvimento noun (Translations)

Spanish

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  • subdesarrollo noun (Translations)

Turkish

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  • az gelişmişlik noun (Translations)

Sample sentences

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How is Algeria fighting its way out of underdevelopment?

Source: tatoeba (9725373)

Drawing on insights from thinkers such as Karl Marx, Aimé Césaire and Mahatma Gandhi, they pointed out that underdevelopment in the global South was not a natural condition, but a consequence of the way Western powers had organised the world system over hundreds of years.

Source: wiktionary

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