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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.

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• ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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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...):

abnormal condition; abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal condition)

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