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infantilism definition

in·fan·til·ism (in fanti liz′əm; also infən-)

noun

  1. immature or childish behavior
  2. Psychol. an abnormal state in which such behavior persists into adult life: it is marked by retarded mental and physical growth and by failure to mature sexually

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