Backwardness
noun
The state of not being as advanced or developed as others in terms of technology, ideas, or culture.
The backwardness of the rural areas is caused by a lack of access to modern technology.
Often appears as...
- economic backwardness
- cultural backwardness
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Disapproving
noun
The quality of being slow to understand or learn.
His backwardness in math is a concern for his parents.
Often appears as...
- academic backwardness
- mental backwardness
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Disapproving
Academic
noun
The state of not being as advanced or developed as others in terms of technology, ideas, or culture.
The backwardness of the rural areas is caused by a lack of access to modern technology.
Often appears as...
- economic backwardness
- cultural backwardness
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The quality of being slow to understand or learn.
His backwardness in math is a concern for his parents.
Often appears as...
- academic backwardness
- mental backwardness
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Progress
Backwardness implies comparison, showing a gap in progress between regions or groups.
Developed countries must address global backwardness to foster international growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
The term may carry a negative judgement, suggesting that the subject should improve.
Reports highlighted the backwardness of the education system in some regions.
Pro Tip 3/3Socioeconomic Context
Backwardness can reflect social and economic factors, not just technology.
Social backwardness often stems from long-standing economic disparities.
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Progress
Backwardness implies comparison, showing a gap in progress between regions or groups.
Developed countries must address global backwardness to foster international growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
The term may carry a negative judgement, suggesting that the subject should improve.
Reports highlighted the backwardness of the education system in some regions.
Pro Tip 3/3Socioeconomic Context
Backwardness can reflect social and economic factors, not just technology.
Social backwardness often stems from long-standing economic disparities.
Pro Tip 1/3Relative Progress
Backwardness implies comparison, showing a gap in progress between regions or groups.
Developed countries must address global backwardness to foster international growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
The term may carry a negative judgement, suggesting that the subject should improve.
Reports highlighted the backwardness of the education system in some regions.
Pro Tip 3/3Socioeconomic Context
Backwardness can reflect social and economic factors, not just technology.
Social backwardness often stems from long-standing economic disparities.
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compatible with all the other, larger countries, we must achieve excellence. And one of the signs of removing backwardness is to remove the squatters and house everybody in housing.
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The Architectural...
compatible with all the other, larger countries, we must achieve excellence. And one of the signs of removing backwardness is to remove the squatters and house everybody in housing.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
To write about the hijab is to step into a minefield. Even among those who share my cultural and faith background, opinions veer from those who despise it as a symbol of backwardness to those for whom religion begins and ends with that piece of cloth.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual grievances in Palestine, Kashmir, and in central and southern Iraq, and to help the region out of its economic backwardness.
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Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iranian Public Servant
It's almost impossible to have security at the expense of insecurity of others. It's almost impossible to have prosperity when there is a huge problem of poverty and backwardness all over the world.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Statesman
Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.
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Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.
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Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
Poverty and backwardness in the midst of clear waters and verdant mountains is no good, nor is it to have prosperity and wealth while the environment deteriorates.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian Statesman
We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
To write about the hijab is to step into a minefield. Even among those who share my cultural and faith background, opinions veer from those who despise it as a symbol of backwardness to those for whom religion begins and ends with that piece of cloth.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual grievances in Palestine, Kashmir, and in central and southern Iraq, and to help the region out of its economic backwardness.
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Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iranian Public Servant
It's almost impossible to have security at the expense of insecurity of others. It's almost impossible to have prosperity when there is a huge problem of poverty and backwardness all over the world.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Statesman
Political leaders still think things can be done through force, but that cannot solve terrorism. Backwardness is the breeding ground of terror, and that is what we have to fight.
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Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.
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Li Keqiang
Chinese Politician
Poverty and backwardness in the midst of clear waters and verdant mountains is no good, nor is it to have prosperity and wealth while the environment deteriorates.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian Statesman
We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship.
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