developmental

Speech parts

1. developmental - Noun

2. developmental - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

growing developing formative development building developed economic growth training pilot metamorphic edifying develop trial grow
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Antonyms

fall decline decrease decay waste collapse
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Phrases with the word

developmental disorder developmental psycholinguistics developmental anomaly variable developmental disorder developmental arrest developmental reading disorder

Examples

Prokofiev's music is usually based on a firm sense of tonality. Whatever tonal uncertainty and ambiguity one experiences, mainly in developmental passages, they are mostly short-lived. Boris Berman

Here I was, sitting with the boys of the first team in cognitive psychology, personality psychology, developmental psychology [at Stanford and Harvard], and in the midst of this I felt here were men and women who, themselves were not highly evolved beings. Their own lives were not fulfilled. Ram Dass

[The goal of developmental research is to] consciously experience, describe and justify the cyclic process of development and research so that it can be passed on to others in such a way that they can witness and relive the experience. Hans Freudenthal

Effects are perceived, whereas causes are conceived. Effects always preceed causes in the actual developmental order. Marshall McLuhan

As in the focus of a magnifying glass, play contains all developmental tendencies in a condensed form and is itself a major source of development. Lev Vygotsky

In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning. Jean Piaget

Close letter words and terms

development stage development status development time developmental age developmental anatomy developmental anomaly