childlike
Americanadjective
adjective
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See childish.
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Our critic said the presentation “sets out to recast Moses as more complicated than the cheerful, childlike images her name conjures and as a legitimizer of self-taught art.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
In short: The Minions are an immortal yet childlike tribe of yellow critters continually seeking to serve an evil master.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The palace added: "With her childlike perspective, her irony, her tenderness, and her inner demons, the author created a deeply moving world with which readers identified."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Showing Attenborough's cross-generational appeal, US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish has praised his "deep love and knowledge of our planet", adding: "The animal kingdom brings out the childlike curiosity within us all."
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
People were drawn to Fischer’s energy and generosity, his absence of guile, his almost childlike enthusiasm.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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