What does arrested development mean?

arrested development means "an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely".

What is another word for arrested development?

Close synonyms include fixation, infantile fixation, regression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arrested development a common word?

arrested development is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

arrested development — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Synonymsfixation infantile fixation regression
Broaderabnormality

Questions about arrested development

What does arrested development mean?: arrested development means "an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely".
What is another word for arrested development?: Close synonyms include fixation, infantile fixation, regression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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