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childishness
noun
The state or characteristic of being childish.
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But, above all, she enjoys working with Tom — this, too, is "childish," but a form of childishness which is essentially creative.
It's left to us to read between the lines as Lydia Leonard gives a terrifically crisp portrayal of a woman who consistently vents her own childishness, volatility and neurosis by complaining that everyone else is childish, volatile and neurotic.
QUESTION FROM GUEST : Anna Wintour called Gaga a "childish diva" last year, and Lady Gaga and her music have unmistakable hints of childishness; is this what is perceived as so brave and artsy about her work?
Mentioning some of his weaker characteristics, including compulsive womanising, unimpressive aviation skills, childishness and egoism, often causes a rumpus during public debates where Saint-Ex fans are as zealous as religious fundamentalists.
THE developed world is heading into what Shakespeare described as "second childishness and mere oblivion, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything".
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE described old age as "second childishness"—sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste.
Advertisers are taking advantage of their childishness," says Lars Maren, senior adviser to the Swedish culture ministry.
In the Dower house the ongoing spat between Sprat and Denke reaches an implausible level of childishness.
"I hope you're going to suppress your childishness, Jonathan," he barked.
It highlights a childishness which has served Aerosmith well over the years, as the innuendo-laden "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" reminds us tonight.
We start with the sight of old Adam being cared for in the Forest of Arden, and end with "second childishness, and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything".
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