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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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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.

From Washington Post

Here, I thought, is finally a moment where we shed the infantilism inherent in favoring mythology over truth.

From Seattle Times

“The misrule, cruelty and infantilism of this administration is such that some sense of an enduring ethos is actually redeemed when we the people openly express our contempt,” he wrote.

From Salon

The misrule, cruelty and infantilism of this administration is such that some sense of an enduring ethos is actually redeemed when we the people openly express our contempt.

From Washington Times

This would have caused Beijing’s infantilism to become a national embarrassment — a weak nation’s idea of national strength.

From Washington Post