childish
adjective
of, like, or befitting a child.
childishness
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a word derived from
childish.
Example Sentences
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Kelly noted it as another example of the defense secretary’s childishness.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
Resigned to the privileged childishness of her dominant lover, the narrator comes to a clearer understanding of her own human fallibility.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
If you knew what lovely neighbors they are, I think you might regret your childishness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Climbing on all fours over a daybed, the eloquent, lyrical bass Matthew Rose conveys in an instant the essential childishness of Wotan, the king of the gods.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2021
Thanks to my constitutional childishness, they have always sounded to me like the names by which the Three Musketeers really should have been known: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
