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Meaning of CHILDISHNESS

Pronunciation:  'chIldishnes

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a property characteristic of a child
 
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 Synonyms: puerility
 
 See Also: youngness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Child"ish*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being childish; simplicity;
harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
 
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 Related Terms: anility, babyishness, boylikeness, caducity, callowness, childlikeness, decline, dotage, dotardism, girlishness, immaturity, imprudence, inadvisability, inattention, inconsideration, indiscreetness, indiscretion, inexpedience, infantilism, injudiciousness, irrationality, maidenliness, pompousness, puerilism, puerility, reasonlessness, recklessness, second childhood, senectitude, senile debility, senile dementia, senile psychosis, senile weakness, senilism, senility, senselessness, stuffiness, thoughtlessness, unintelligence, unreason, unreasonableness, unsensibleness, unsoundness, unthoughtfulness, unwisdom, unwiseness, witlessness
 

 

 

 

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