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developmentalist
[ dih-vel-uhp-men-tl-ist ]
noun
- an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
Word History and Origins
Origin of developmentalist1
Example Sentences
As she writes: “Violence enacted on bodies, minds, souls, cultures, landscapes, communities and histories was intimately connected to the civilizing mission’s developmentalist dogma.”
“If you’re a developmentalist, that is too late,” says Ronald Dahl, a pediatrician and developmental scientist and founder of the Center for the Developing Adolescent at U.C.
He praised the developmentalist bent of the military regime and dismissed the well-documented torture, disappearance and killing of political opponents during that era.
When a pediatrician or developmentalist hears about a 3-year-old who is pushing back, they usually smile and nod: The child is right on track.
They represent the grimy, parasitic relationship between business and the developmentalist state.
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