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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 anadult , ofjuvenile characteristics
Etymologies
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pedo- + -morphism
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