Definitions for Backwardness
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormalitynoun

   lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

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1. backwardnessnoun

   The state of being backward.

2. backwardnessnoun

   reluctance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Backwardnessnoun

   Dulness; unwillingness; sluggishness.

   Etymology: from backward.

   The thing by which we are apt to excuse our backwardness to good works, is the ill success that hath been observed to attend well designed charities. Francis Atterbury.

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1. Backwardness

   Backwardness is a lack of progress by a person or group to some perceived cultural norm of advancement, such as for example traditional societies relative to modern scientific and technologically advanced industrialized societies.

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1. backwardness

   Backwardness generally refers to the state or condition of being less developed or advanced in terms of societal, technological, economic or educational progress. It can also refer to lingering traditional attitudes and behaviors that are considered obsolete or outdated. It is often characterized by lack of progress or improvements, stagnant growth, and the inability or unwillingness to adopt new methods, ideas, or practices.

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1. Backwardnessnoun

   the state of being backward

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1. Backwardness

   The backwardness model is a theory of economic growth created by Alexander Gerschenkron. The model postulates that the more backward an economy is at the outset of economic development, the more likely certain conditions are to occur. USSR leader Gorbachev once said, “If you don’t move forward, sooner or later you begin to move backward.” The more backward the economy: ⁕The more likely intervention by special institutions will be necessary to properly channel physical capital and human capital to industries. Special institutions include banks, as in the moderately backward Germany, or the state, as in the severely backward Russia. ⁕The greater the emphasis on the production of producer goods than consumer goods. ⁕The greater the emphasis on capital-intensive production rather than labor-intensive production. ⁕The greater the scale of production and enterprise. ⁕The greater the reliance on borrowed rather than indigenous technologies. ⁕The smaller the role of the agricultural sector as a market for new industries. ⁕The greater the reliance on productivity growth. Gerschenkron did not define how backwardness could be measured, but alluded to its existence along a northwest-to-southeast axis in Europe during its history, with the United Kingdom at one extreme, being the least backward country at the outset of its economic development, and the Balkan countries and Russia at the other extreme, being the most backward country at the outset of its economic development, and Germany lying somewhere between the two.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Backwardness in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Backwardness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Backwardness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Backwardness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Backwardness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backwardness
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Backwardness
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Backwardness