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CHILDISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does childishness mean? 

CHILDISHNESS (noun)
  The noun CHILDISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. a property characteristic of a childplay

  Familiarity information: CHILDISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHILDISHNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A property characteristic of a child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

childishness; puerility

Hypernyms ("childishness" is a kind of...):

youngness (the opposite of oldness)

Derivation:

childish (indicating a lack of maturity)


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