kehitykselliseen

Kehitykselliseen is a grammatical form of the Finnish adjective kehityksellinen, meaning development-related or developmental. The base noun is kehitys, meaning development, and the suffix -ellinen turns it into an adjective describing something associated with development. The illative singular form rekindles the sense of “into a developmental [direction/realm],” so kehitykselliseen is used when indicating movement toward or entry into a developmental context.

In practice, kehitykselliseen is most often encountered as part of a phrase in which the illative case is required. For example, Hanke etenee kehitykselliseen suuntaan (The project is progressing in a developmental direction), and Tutkimus keskittyy kehitykselliseen näkökulmaan (The study focuses on a developmental perspective). The form therefore functions as a modifier within prepositional or verbal constructions rather than as a stand-alone noun.

Morphology and related forms: kehityksellinen is the positive form meaning “developmental.” The illative singular is kehitykselliseen; other cases yield kehitykselliseen, kehitykselliseen, or kehityksellisessä, depending on number and case. Plural illative would be kehityksellisiin. Related terms include kehitys (development), kehityskriittinen (development-critical), and the broader family formed by the suffix -ellinen.

Usage notes: kehitykselliseen is a specialized, formal term common in academic, planning, and policy language. It is less frequent in everyday speech and may appear in discussions of developmental trajectories, educational design, or research focusing on development-oriented perspectives.