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infantilism
[ in-fuhn-tl-iz-uhm, -tahy-liz-, in-fan-tl-iz-uhm ]
noun
- the persistence in an adult of markedly childish anatomical, physiological, or psychological characteristics.
- an infantile act, trait, etc., especially in an adult.
- a speech disorder characterized by speech and voice patterns that are typical of very young children.
infantilism
/ ɪˈæԳɪˌɪə /
noun
- psychol
- a condition in which an older child or adult is mentally or physically undeveloped
- isolated instances of infantile behaviour in mature persons
- childish speech; baby talk
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of infantilism1
Example Sentences
The separation of those functions inoculates Britain from the infantilism peculiar to the American republic.
It’s a childish move, but in keeping with the infantilism that still shapes the brothers’ uneasy relationship and their awkwardness with outsiders, particularly women.
Others might speculate on this, but only I can truly channel Trump, since only I possess the requisite degree of infantilism:
Biden’s grown-up respect for institutional proprieties might be infectious, encouraging temperateness among his dissatisfied countrymen, 74 million of whom voted for four more years of infantilism.
Here, I thought, is finally a moment where we shed the infantilism inherent in favoring mythology over truth.
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