1. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage).

Rhymes with Psychosexual Development

• underdevelopment
• redevelopment

2. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining.

3. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.

4. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.

5. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a district that has been developed to serve some purpose.

6. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful.

7. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess).

8. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated.

9. development

noun. ['dɪˈvɛləpmənt'] processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible.

Sentences with psychosexual-development

1. Noun Phrase
He believed that human beings go through five stages of psychosexual development based on a particular erogenous zone and that children who don’t successfully negotiate a particular stage can experience sexual or emotional problems in adulthood.

2. Noun Phrase
Freud believed that psychosexual development begins with the oral phase, from birth to 18 months old, when the child learns to perceive his mother’s breast as a source of comfort and nourishment.