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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arrested development mean?
• ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (noun)
The noun ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Familiarity information: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
arrested development; fixation; infantile fixation; regression
Hypernyms ("arrested development" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
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