childishness
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In 1994, Amos talked about the "healing properties" of the color pink, which we might at first associate with softness, with childishness, femininity and with love.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
Resigned to the privileged childishness of her dominant lover, the narrator comes to a clearer understanding of her own human fallibility.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
If you knew what lovely neighbors they are, I think you might regret your childishness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
In a household filled with impulsive, appetitive childishness, Kimberly, who has to feed Pattie her morning cereal because both her arms are in casts, is the adult by default.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Papa’s funeral was no time for us to express our selfish childishness, our American rebelliousness.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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