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noun
An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An appearance like (that of) an infant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A paraphilia based on acting like a baby or toddler, sometimes involving being diapered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ABDL
Antonyms: none provided
noun
infantile behavior in mature persons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
noun
an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy
Narrower terms: ateleiosis, ateliosis
History
Etymology tree English infantile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English infantilism From infantile + -ism.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
