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INFANTILISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infantile behavior in mature persons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("infantilism" is a kind of...):
misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("infantilism" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infantilism"):
ateleiosis; ateliosis (a form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence)
