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What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?
Elizabeth Bishop

Meaning of "childishness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHILDISHNESS

childishness  [ˈtʃaɪldɪʃnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHILDISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Childishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHILDISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of childishness in the English dictionary

The definition of childishness in the dictionary is the quality of being childish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHILDISHNESS


boorishness
ˈbʊərɪʃnɪs
Britishness
ˈbrɪtɪʃnɪs
churlishness
ˈtʃɜːlɪʃnɪs
feverishness
ˈfiːvərɪʃnɪs
foolishness
ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs
foppishness
ˈfɒpɪʃnɪs
garishness
ˈɡɛərɪʃnɪs
lavishness
ˈlævɪʃnɪs
mawkishness
ˈmɔːkɪʃnɪs
offishness
ˈɒfɪʃnɪs
peevishness
ˈpiːvɪʃnɪs
prudishness
ˈpruːdɪʃnɪs
selfishness
ˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs
skittishness
ˈskɪtɪʃnɪs
sluggishness
ˈslʌɡɪʃnɪs
snappishness
ˈsnæpɪʃnɪs
snobbishness
ˈsnɒbɪʃnɪs
squeamishness
ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs
stylishness
ˈstaɪlɪʃnɪs
unselfishness
ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHILDISHNESS

childcare center
childcare worker
childcrowing
childe
childermas
Childers
childhood
childhood sweetheart
childish
childishly
childless
childlessness
childlike
childlikeness
Childline
childly
childminder
childminding
childness
childproof

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHILDISHNESS

brashness
bullishness
business
Caithness
Englishness
freshness
greenishness
harshness
highness
Jewishness
lushness
much of a muchness
muchness
rashness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
smoothness
suchness
thoroughness
toughness

Synonyms and antonyms of childishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «childishness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHILDISHNESS

Find out the translation of childishness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of childishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «childishness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

童心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infantilismo
570 millions of speakers

English

childishness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बचपना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صبيانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ребячество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infantilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিশুবৎ আচরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfantillage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebudak-budakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kindlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幼稚さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유치함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Childishness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò chuyện trẻ con
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தைப்பருவத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çocuksuluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puerilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziecinada
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дитячість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copilărie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παιδικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kinderagtigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

childishness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

barnslighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of childishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILDISHNESS»

The term «childishness» is regularly used and occupies the 62.228 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILDISHNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about childishness

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QUOTES WITH «CHILDISHNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word childishness.
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Elizabeth Bishop
What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHILDISHNESS»

Discover the use of childishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to childishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ferdydurke
Begone, begone childishness. Childishness? But, as God is my witness, the farmhand was also childishness, if I was going to the farmhand I could equally well have gone and hacked auntie, one was as good as the other—hack, hack!
Witold Gombrowicz, 2012
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Childhood: Critical Concepts in Sociology
Childishness - childlikeness The deepest dilemma concerning the return of the child is that conundrum inherent to any archetype, its supposedly good and bad sides, the digestible and indigestible portions, according to whatever model of ...
Chris Jenks, 2005
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Polarities in the Evolution of Mankind: West and East, ...
childishness, we must see it as childishness when we are on the spiritual side. Childishness is regarded in a different way from that point of view. There we know that human beings descend from the spiritual world, that they come to live in a ...
Rudolf Steiner, 1987
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Daily With The King
must be careful not to be impatient with God, for impatience is childishness, and childishness is an obstacle to God's working in me. Moses was childish when he cried, “You have not rescued your people at all” (Exodus 5:23, NIV). He thought ...
W. Glyn Evans, 1989
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Adi Shankaracharya’s Bhaja Govindam
This is understandable, butthe childishness continues uponone's growingyears. But ifyou continue the 'child-likeness', there is maturity, but if you continue this ' childishness', thereisno maturity, andyou are lost. You can be with member of ...
Swami Sukhabodhananda, 2011
6
Inner Experience
the state of nature (from birth) to our state of reason should necessarily take place through the route of childishness. It is strange on our part to attribute to the child itself the responsibility for childishness, which would be the character proper of ...
Georges Bataille, 1988
7
Precocious Charms: Stars Performing Girlhood in Classical ...
Mary's Masquerade and Gendered Spectatorship Mary Pickford engaged in a masquerade of childishness with significant implications for gender-determined spectatorship. Pickford's juvenation, I will argue, complicated the erotic and ...
Gaylyn Studlar, 2013
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Lines of Desire: Reading Gombrowicz's Fiction with Lacan
The law of symmetry . . . demands the insertion of Philimor Honeycombed with Childishness as balance and counterweight to Philifor Honeycombed with Childishness; and similarly the introduction to Philifor Honeycombed with Childishness ...
Hanjo Berressem, 1998
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Gombrowicz's Grimaces: Modernism, Gender, Nationality
The "Introduction to Philimor Honeycombed with Childishness" deals with the impossibility of finding an origin for the genesis of the work. Although "the primary , the fundamental grief is purely and simply . . . the agony of bad outward form, ...
Ewa Płonowska Ziarek, 1998
10
Modern American Literature
Her drunkenness regularly makes her as helpless as an infant and she uses baby talk repeatedly. To readers of Virginia Woolf this childishness is a familiar metaphor suggesting the failure to find an adult relationship to reality, and A Delicate ...
Rajeshwar Mittapalli, Claudio Gorlier, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHILDISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term childishness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Philosopher's Guide to Growing Up
In lieu of dramatic societal change, Neiman's solution to the epidemic of childishness is for people to take their maturity into their own hands, ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
2
From I hate you to Ilu Ilu...
"They got to know about their nicknames rather late in the day from a spot boy and laughed indulgently at our childishness," Ghai smiles. «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
3
Soften the Greek Deal
... say to Tsipras and his ministers that — despite their incompetence, their amateurishness, their arrogance allied to childishness (fatal combo), ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
It's taken me 30 years, but I'm proud to say I'm ginger
Much is made of the innocence of childishness and how, left to their own devices, children would mix harmoniously, untroubled by the adult ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Explosions rock Jos, many feared killed
From next year we may start to celebrate national Dumbo day, – day of liberation from incompetence and childishness in governance. «Premium Times, Jul 15»
6
“We have already voted NO”
The IMF, for instance, is now accepting (at least) some responsibility, its own “childishness” and “irrationality” in this ongoing political drama. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
7
Quake reboot wishlist, Doom childishness, and Star Fox Zero …
Games Inbox: Quake reboot wishlist, Doom childishness, and Star Fox Zero confusion. Default author image. GameCentral for ... «Metro, Jul 15»
8
'Trainwreck': Review
The actress-comedian makes Amy's childishness endearing while also recognising its shortcomings. Schumer has fantastic chemistry with ... «Screen International, Jul 15»
9
Anna's Quest Review
Beyond the stereotypes and childishness and the many doing-exactly-what-you-shouldn't moments in Anna's Quest, however, one overarching ... «Only Single Player, Jul 15»
10
Trib Talk: How the SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage affects …
The animosity and, now, childishness of the anti's continues to astound. 4 days ago 11 likes. JD is back. The decision affects them in a positive ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Childishness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/childishness>. May 2024 ».
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