We found 24 dictionaries that define the word backwardness:

General (20 matching dictionaries)

1. backwardness: Merriam-Webster
2. backwardness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. backwardness: Collins English Dictionary
4. backwardness: Vocabulary.com
5. Backwardness, backwardness: Wordnik
6. backwardness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
7. backwardness: Wiktionary
8. Backwardness, backwardness: Dictionary.com
9. backwardness: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
10. Backwardness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
11. Backwardness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
12. backwardness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
13. backwardness: Rhymezone
14. backwardness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
15. backwardness: FreeDictionary.org
16. backwardness: Mnemonic Dictionary
17. backwardness: TheFreeDictionary.com
18. Backwardness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)

19. backwardness: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

20. backwardness: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

21. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
22. backwardness: Idioms

(Note: See backward as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (backwardness) ▸ noun:  The state of being backward. ▸ noun:  Reluctance. Similar: slowness, retardation, subnormality, mental retardation, backwardsness, backwardism, backward-lookingness, retardedness, belatedness, behindness, more... Opposite: progress, advancement, forwardness Adjectives: consequent, economic, social, relative, technological, cultural, general, educational, industrial, political, technical ▸ Words similar to backwardness ▸ Usage examples for backwardness ▸ Idioms related to backwardness ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing backwardness ▸ Words that often appear near backwardness ▸ Rhymes of backwardness ▸ Invented words related to backwardness