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Infantilism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Infantilism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics

2

infantile behavior in mature persons

3

An emotional dependency on being treated as an infant.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
abnormality misbehavior
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ateleiosis
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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