infantile
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- adjective
- /ˈɪnfənˌtaɪl/
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infantil
- The way she sulks when things don't go her way is very infantile.
- infantile narcissism
- infantile dependency
- infantile fantasies
And here is the most infantile, impotent move.
- And here is the most infantile, impotent move.
- He has this infantile ego that needs constant feeding.
- In fact, I can all but guarantee it will after one of their infantile breakdowns.
- And we are a society that embraces infantile behaviour.
- I think to ignore that is, you know, infantile.
- They're grandiose enough to think that people should anticipate their needs, and they are infantile enough to believe it can happen.
- I'm just saying here's an example of a very achieved person who's been living an infantile philosophy.
- Not only is that just infantile and immature and ridiculous, the lack of ethics in this White House is jaw-dropping.
- The mind is not really operating that well in an infantile or childish body.
- They just want to write these very cartoonish, infantile style of women.
- I was often struck by how infantile and unreasonable their asks were.
- Like all these like kids playing with dildos, all this like really like grotesque, like infantile stuff.
- She's dealing with a pregnancy with an infantile husband at this point, and she's looking to get disability.
- I mean, it's a, it's a infantile movie, but Jaws and close Encounters are also intensely personal new Hollywood movies.
Examples
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- It's an infantile way for a man to spend his adult years.
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I'm just saying here's an example of a very achieved person who's been living an infantile philosophy.
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And so the little kid in this infantile kind of way figures we're going to have it out with dad.
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It's just all so infantile.
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And we are a society that embraces infantile behaviour.
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When Frost could not have his way, he sometimes regressed to infantile behavior.
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The whole thing is so patently infantile, so incongruous with reality.
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He has this infantile ego that needs constant feeding.
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Not only is that just infantile and immature and ridiculous, the lack of ethics in this White House is jaw-dropping.
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Einstein said that "nationalism is an infantile disease; it is the measles of the world."
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Synonyms
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Acting like a child instead of like an adult
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Behaving like a child in a way that shows little emotional growth
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Acting in an immature or childish way
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Seeming childish and showing little maturity
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Acting or speaking like a baby and seeming childish
Acting like a child in a simple, not serious way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
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6.5
A contagious disease caused by a virus that often makes children unable to move parts of their body
- Archaic
An inherited disease where fat builds up in the brain and causes early death in children
- Archaic
A serious childhood condition in which a child avoids social contact and speaks little
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An emotional problem where a person stops growing emotionally and acts like a child
How Childish
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Morphology
Etymology
The word infantile comes from the Latin word infans, which meant 'baby' and is the same root as infant. So calling someone's behavior infantile is to say it is like a baby's actions, meaning immature and childish.