infantilism

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Others might speculate on this, but only I can truly channel Trump, since only I possess the requisite degree of infantilism:

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021

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

I can’t understand the appeal of a book based on arrested growth, permanent infantilism; most kids want to grow up, not to be mothered for the rest of their lives.

From Time • May 9, 2012

In a most interesting lecture Brissaud shows the intimate relation between myxedema, endemic cretinism, sporadic cretinism, or myxedematous idiocy, and infantilism.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)