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Definition of Arrested development
1. Noun. An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely.
Definition of Arrested development
1. Noun. A state where development has stopped prematurely. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrested Development
Literary usage of Arrested development
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"THE Journal OF Nervous and Mental Disease ON arrested development AND LITTLE'S
DISEASE.1 BY WILLIAM G. SPILLER. MD, With Remarks by WW Keen, MD, ..."
2. The Psychology of Subnormal Children by Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1920)
"CHAPTER VI " arrested development " What Does arrested development Mean? ...
Now, if the words " arrested development " are to be used in describing the ..."
3. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"... of parts—arrested development—Reversion—Correlated variation— Rate of
increase—Checks to increase—Natural selection—Man the most dominant animal in the ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1906)
"arrested development. Should development be arrested in whole or in part at any
time before ... If the arrested development has been prolonged and severe, ..."
5. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production by John Atkinson Hobson (1901)
"Cases of "arrested development:'" the Sweating Trades. § 9. Retardation of rate
of Progress in Collective Industries. § 10. Will Official Machine-work ..."
6. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"A. arrested development Feeble-mindedness is not reversion to ancestral forms of
less intelligence, but an instance of arrested development when, ..."
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