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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 prematurelyplay

  Familiarity information: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (noun)


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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