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infantilism /in·fan·ti·lism/ (in´fan-til-izm) (in-fan´til-izm) persistence of childhood characters into adult life, marked by mental retardation, underdevelopment of sex organs, and often dwarfism. cachectic infantilism that due to chronic infection or poisoning. hypophysial infantilism a type of dwarfism with retention of infantile characteristics, due to undersecretion of growth hormone and gonadotropin deficiency. sexual infantilism continuance of prepubertal sex characters and behavior after the usual age of puberty. universal infantilism general dwarfishness in stature, with absence of secondary sex characteristics.
infantilism (infan´tiliz  m),n a disturbance marked by mental retardation and retention of childhood characteristics into adult life. Teeth may be delayed in eruption or absent. infantilism reduced size, poor sexual development, poor mental development in adult companion animals. |
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A colleague pooh-poohed the site, but I pointed out that you have to take blogs as they come, not look at them when you are preparing for a meeting, you should try out some of the links, take it easy, be prepared for the occasional infantilism, and expect nothing particularly. As a matter of fact, the concept of activism has throughout the history of human thought been seen as one of the most important human qualities and is opposed to passivity, indifference, and infantilism. But the total freedom of the artist in Western society also ineluctably signals total irrelevance, just as obsessive interiority speaks of social disconnection and narcissism, if not infantilism. |
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