Synonyms for "infantilism" (32 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

amentiaarrested developmentbabyishnessbackwardnessblithering idiocychildishnesscretinism

Strong matches (9)

half-wittednessidiocyidiotismimbecilityimmaturityinsanitymental defectivenessmental deficiencymental handicap

Related words (16)

mental retardationmongolianismmongolismmongoloid idiocymoronismmoronityprofound idiocypuerilismpuerilityretardationretardmentsimple-wittednesssimplemindednesssimplenesssimplicitysubnormality

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries

abnormalcyabnormalitymisbehaviormisbehaviourmisdeed

Related terms

2 entries

infantilistinfantility

derived from

1 entries

infantile

is a

4 entries

abnormalitymedical conditionmisbehaviorunconventional sexual behavior

related to

5 entries

dependencydiapereddiapersinfantinfantilist

Translations

10 translations across 3 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

• 幼稚化 noun (emotional dependency)
• 幼稚化 noun (paraphilia)
• 幼稚病 noun (emotional dependency)
• 幼稚病 noun (paraphilia)

Finnish

2 entries

• infantilismi noun (emotional dependency)
• infantilismi noun (paraphilia)

German

2 entries

• Infantilismus noun (emotional dependency)
• Infantilismus noun (paraphilia)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A craniopharyngioma may produce infantilism.

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