developmentalist

Of, or related to developmentalism.

Adjective

  1. Of, or related to developmentalism.
    • [Eisenhower] did it in the end by drawing heavily on Cold War rhetoric: he painted developmentalism as the first step on the road to communism, and by connecting developmentalist governments to the USSR he was able to...

Origin

From developmental + -ist.

Forms

more developmentalist most developmentalist

Noun

  1. A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
    • He was a developmentalist, a universalist, and a believer in social values and cultural influences. - 1987, The Bulletin of the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education, Issue 7:

Forms

developmentalists

Derived

neo-developmentalist