ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Synonyms:

arrested development; fixation; infantile fixation; regression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("arrested development" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

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