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CHILDISHNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A property characteristic of a child
Synonyms:
childishness; puerility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("childishness" is a kind of...):
youngness (the opposite of oldness)
Derivation:
childish (indicating a lack of maturity)