infantilism

2 definitions found

infantilism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  infantilism
      n 1: an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult
           retains infantile characteristics
      2: infantile behavior in mature persons

infantilism - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "infantilism":
     amentia, arrested development, babyishness, backwardness,
     blithering idiocy, childishness, cretinism, half-wittedness,
     idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, immaturity, insanity,
     mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap,
     mental retardation, mongolianism, mongolism, mongoloid idiocy,
     moronism, moronity, profound idiocy, puerilism, puerility,
     retardation, retardment, simple-wittedness, simplemindedness,
     simpleness, simplicity, subnormality