1. psychosexual development

noun. (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage.
Synonyms
ontogenesis development maturation growing growth ontogeny
Antonyms
nondevelopment palingenesis cenogenesis devolution decline

2. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).
Synonyms
unfolding growth assibilation process deepening physical process flowering evolution
Antonyms
devolution stand still simplicity curdle nitrify
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

3. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.
Synonyms
progress broadening improvement product development working out advancement elaboration
Antonyms
nonproliferation decrease non-proliferation decrement anabolism
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

4. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.
Synonyms
intussusception myelinisation neurogenesis florescence leafing blossoming angiogenesis cenogenesis teratogenesis flowering apposition cytogenesis gastrulation morphogenesis proliferation amelogenesis teething sprouting myelinization foliation biological process efflorescence masculinization ontogenesis juvenescence anthesis cainogenesis psychomotor development fructification habit cytogeny maturation gametogenesis palingenesis odontiasis psychosexual development vegetation organic process infructescence masculinisation germination virilization kenogenesis caenogenesis culture inflorescence kainogenesis cohesion life cycle suppression cultivation recapitulation psychogenesis rooting dentition growth growing virilisation auxesis ontogeny
Antonyms
nondevelopment palingenesis cenogenesis empty die
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

5. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.
Synonyms
complication turn change alteration ramification phenomenon modification turn of events twist
Antonyms
narrowing wellness fall ending conserve
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

6. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) A district that has been developed to serve some purpose.
Synonyms
dominion housing estate housing development territory territorial dominion district
Antonyms
inactivity abstain nonfunctional functional uselessness
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

7. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.
Synonyms
overutilisation land development overutilization exploitation commercialization overexploitation use usage electrification employment unitization unitisation utilization commercialisation capitalisation exercise capitalization overuse water program water project utilisation water development
Antonyms
ovulation anovulation undress fauna imperfection
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

8. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) A state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess).
Synonyms
melioration underdevelopment improvement
Antonyms
decline worsen engage stay
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

9. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.
Synonyms
section subdivision
Antonyms
discontinuity disconnectedness incoherence
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)

10. development

noun. (dɪˈvɛləpmənt) Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.
Synonyms
developing underdevelopment processing
Antonyms
inutility supply refrain unemployment
Etymology
development (English)
-ment (English)
-amentum (Latin)
develop (English)
développer (French)
desveloper (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
desveloper (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
des- (French)
veloper (French)
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