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infantile

adjective as in babyish

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"We say this defamatory, frankly puerile and infantile behaviour by a grown man in respect of these people was, and is, beyond the pale of what is tolerable in society and therefore characterised as criminal."

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If “democracy” has all along been nothing more than a scam rigged to benefit the powerful, then the solution lies in blatant, shameless and overtly infantile version of one-man rule.

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But lately, more disturbing procedures are on the rise - chasing an unrealistic, hyper-feminine, almost infantile ideal.

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As O’Toole also observes, Trump’s anti-European animus has a potent psychosexual subtext, simultaneously rooted in right-wing American macho posturing and his own infantile sense of narcissistic injury.

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“It was offensive and infantile, especially as the moms were all trying to figure out childcare during summer break.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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