childishness
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He's gotten away with this stubborn childishness his whole life assuming that nothing could stop him because nothing ever has.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 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
With the backpack-pushing and the assignment-ripping and all the general childishness that occurred between me and Miles, it only took him a month to banish me to work in the concession stand with Theo.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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