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infantilism

[in-fuhn-tl-iz-uhm, -tahy-liz-, in-fan-tl-iz-uhm] / ˈɪn fən tlˌɪz əm, -taɪˌlɪz-, ɪnˈfæn tlˌɪz əm /




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“Someone with her intelligence level, matched with an incredibly juvenile infantilism, when those two things come together well, that’s comedy magic,” Seinfeld says.

From Washington Post Oct. 16, 2018

He’s speaking about how she catches the “physical awkwardness, social infantilism and self-regard” of certain men.

From New York Times Oct. 18, 2016

Not even Tolkien’s vast philological scholarship, his deep knowledge of mythology, and his world-building skills could impress what Moorcock and company saw as a troublesome infantilism inherent in Tolkien’s work.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2014

Even my son’s embarrassed by the infantilism of my tastes, but there’s some good stuff out there now.

From The Guardian Oct. 25, 2014

Not seldom there is an elder child too, white and weak and fretful, and the subject of "infantilism"; growth stunted, development arrested.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy




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