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infantilism [′in·fən·tə‚liz·əm] (medicine) Persistence of physical, behavioral, or mental infantile characteristics into childhood, adolescence, or adult life. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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