ALL meanings of anti-development
an·ti-de·vel·op·ment
A a - noun anti-development the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development. 1
- noun anti-development a significant consequence or event: recent developments in the field of science. 1
- noun anti-development a developed or advanced state or form: Drama reached its highest development in the plays of Shakespeare. 1
- noun anti-development Music. the part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed, or unfolded and elaborated, by various technical means, so as to reveal their inherent possibilities. 1
- noun anti-development a large group of private houses or of apartment houses, often of similar design, constructed as a unified community, especially by a real-estate developer or government organization. 1
- noun anti-development Chess. the act or process of developing chess pieces. 1
- noun anti-development Mining. the work of digging openings, as tunnels, raises, and winzes, to give access to new workings, and of erecting necessary structures. 1