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

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

From Washington Post

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

On the other hand, the urgency, almost the desperation, to return feels like a microcosm of our national infantilism when faced with the need for self-discipline and deferred or denied gratification.

From Washington Post