Home › Words › C › counterdevelopmentcounterdevelopmentcounterdevelopment means A development that counteracts another development.EtymologyFrom counter- + development.nounA development that counteracts another development.e.g.“These counterdevelopments challenge earlier expectations about a linear progression of secularism and modernisation.” — 2016, Peter Nynäs, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.counterproject 69% match — A project proposed in opposition to another. vs counterdevelopment →counterprocess 68% match — A process that counteracts or opposes another process. vs counterdevelopment →counteradvance 66% match — An advance that counters or goes against another advance. vs counterdevelopment →counterevent 65% match — An event that counteracts or opposes another event. vs counterdevelopment →anticountermeasure 65% match — A countercountermeasure. vs counterdevelopment →counterconspiracy 64% match — A conspiracy in opposition to another conspiracy. vs counterdevelopment →countercause 64% match — A cause that opposes or counteracts another cause. vs counterdevelopment →counterstrategy 64% match — Any strategy designed to counter another, or to render something ineffective. vs counterdevelopment →