Infantile
adjective
Related or suited to a very young child or baby.
He has an infantile voice.
Often appears as...
- infantile response
- infantile behavior
adjective
Acting or behaving like a child.
Her infantile tantrums are not appropriate for her age.
Often appears as...
- infantile behavior
- infantile attitude
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Disapproving
adjective
Relating to a illness, condition, or period that occurs in infants or children.
Infantile paralysis is a serious condition.
Often appears as...
- infantile paralysis
- infantile disease
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Technical
adjective
Related or suited to a very young child or baby.
He has an infantile voice.
Often appears as...
- infantile response
- infantile behavior
adjective
Acting or behaving like a child.
Her infantile tantrums are not appropriate for her age.
Often appears as...
- infantile behavior
- infantile attitude
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Relating to a illness, condition, or period that occurs in infants or children.
Infantile paralysis is a serious condition.
Often appears as...
- infantile paralysis
- infantile disease
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Young Child Traits
Use 'infantile' to describe qualities typical of babies, like simplicity and innocence.
The storybook was filled with infantile illustrations.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Insulting
'Infantile' can be factual, without meaning to offend, when referring to a child's characteristics.
Her infantile curiosity about the world was refreshing.
Pro Tip 1/2Young Child Traits
Use 'infantile' to describe qualities typical of babies, like simplicity and innocence.
The storybook was filled with infantile illustrations.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Insulting
'Infantile' can be factual, without meaning to offend, when referring to a child's characteristics.
Her infantile curiosity about the world was refreshing.
Pro Tip 1/2Young Child Traits
Use 'infantile' to describe qualities typical of babies, like simplicity and innocence.
The storybook was filled with infantile illustrations.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Insulting
'Infantile' can be factual, without meaning to offend, when referring to a child's characteristics.
Her infantile curiosity about the world was refreshing.
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The secret to desire in...
What do you seek to express there? Is it a place for transcendence and spiritual union? Is it a place for naughtiness and is it a place to be safely aggressive? Is it a place where you can finally surrender and not have to take responsibility for everything? Is it a place where you can express your infantile wishes?
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The surprising science...
happiness is a doomed quest is propelled by infantile aspects of the individual that can never be met in reality he said one feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of creation so the ultimate goal of psychoanalytic
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"Our hands were tied."...
they diagnosed her with infantile spasms with hips arrhythmia I'm almost immediately and put her on three different medications as well as started the ketogenic diet she did not progress at all she was not growing she was not gaining weight the doctors had given us
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The secret to desire in...
What do you seek to express there? Is it a place for transcendence and spiritual union? Is it a place for naughtiness and is it a place to be safely aggressive? Is it a place where you can finally surrender and not have to take responsibility for everything? Is it a place where you can express your infantile wishes?
Video examples
The surprising science...
happiness is a doomed quest is propelled by infantile aspects of the individual that can never be met in reality he said one feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of creation so the ultimate goal of psychoanalytic
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"Our hands were tied."...
they diagnosed her with infantile spasms with hips arrhythmia I'm almost immediately and put her on three different medications as well as started the ketogenic diet she did not progress at all she was not growing she was not gaining weight the doctors had given us
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Steven Heighton
Canadian Novelist
I'm supportive of practical nationalism, like the kind we need in Canada to avoid being absorbed into a much larger country. The kind of nationalism I despise as destructive and infantile is really just tribalism writ large.
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Joseph de Maistre
French Diplomat
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.
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Colin Firth
British Actor
One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's something infantile about it. You're suspending disbelief, pretending and entering into a story world.
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Herman Gorter
Dutch Poet
Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.
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Aleister Crowley
English Critic
I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
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Ivor Novello
Welsh Musician
I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
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Robert Wyatt
English Musician
I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.
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Steven Heighton
Canadian Novelist
I'm supportive of practical nationalism, like the kind we need in Canada to avoid being absorbed into a much larger country. The kind of nationalism I despise as destructive and infantile is really just tribalism writ large.
Quote examples
Joseph de Maistre
French Diplomat
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.
Quote examples
Colin Firth
British Actor
One of the things that makes you want to be an actor, speaking only for myself, is that there's something infantile about it. You're suspending disbelief, pretending and entering into a story world.
Quote examples
Herman Gorter
Dutch Poet
Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it.
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.
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Aleister Crowley
English Critic
I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
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Ivor Novello
Welsh Musician
I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.
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John Lithgow
American Actor
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
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Robert Wyatt
English Musician
I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.
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