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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The description of the behavior of an adult in terms more appropriate to the description of a child's behavior.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The retention by the adult organism of infantile or juvenile characters. See pedomorphic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the retention, by an adult, of juvenile characteristics

Etymologies

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pedo- + -morphism

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