infantilism
Example Sentences
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It’s a childish move, but in keeping with the infantilism that still shapes the brothers’ uneasy relationship and their awkwardness with outsiders, particularly women.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
But more than that, it will remind those who despair of America’s angry infantilism that we are a country of multiple voices, and a full range of temperaments.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
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
In all three of the cases concerning whom I have precise information, among those whose histories are recorded in the present chapter, there is more or less arrested development and infantilism.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis
