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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level.
Karen Armstrong

Meaning of "infantile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFANTILE

infantile  [ˈɪnfənˌtaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFANTILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infantile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INFANTILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

infantile

Infant

An infant is the very young offspring of a human or animal. When applied to humans, the term is usually considered synonymous with baby or bairn, but the latter is commonly applied to the young of any animal. When a human child learns to walk, the term toddler may be used instead. The term infant is typically applied to young children between the ages of 1 month and 12 months; however, definitions may vary between birth and 1 year of age, or even between birth and 2 years of age. A newborn is an infant who is only hours, days, or up to a few weeks old. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth; the term applies to premature infants, postmature infants, and full term infants. Before birth, the term fetus is used.

Definition of infantile in the English dictionary

The first definition of infantile in the dictionary is like a child in action or behaviour; childishly immature; puerile. Other definition of infantile is of, relating to, or characteristic of infants or infancy. Infantile is also in an early stage of development.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFANTILE


acetyl
ˈæsɪˌtaɪl
butyl
ˈbjuːˌtaɪl
fluviatile
ˈfluːvɪəˌtaɪl
herptile
ˈhɜːpˌtaɪl
lifestyle
ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl
mercantile
ˈmɜːkənˌtaɪl
nonvolatile
nɒnˈvɒləˌtaɪl
pantile
ˈpænˌtaɪl
portatile
ˈpɔːtəˌtaɪl
productile
prəˈdʌkˌtaɪl
pulsatile
ˈpʌlsəˌtaɪl
refractile
rɪˈfrækˌtaɪl
saxatile
ˈsæksəˌtaɪl
style
staɪl
textile
ˈtɛkstaɪl
tile
taɪl
umbratile
ˈʌmbrəˌtaɪl
versatile
ˈvɜːsəˌtaɪl
vibratile
ˈvaɪbrəˌtaɪl
volatile
ˈvɒləˌtaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFANTILE

infant mortality rate
infant prodigy
infant school
infant welfare clinic
infanta
infante
infanteer
infanthood
infanticidal
infanticide
infantile paralysis
infantilisation
infantilise
infantilism
infantility
infantilization
infantilize
infantine
infantries
infantry

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFANTILE

biquintile
centile
cortile
ductile
erectile
fertile
futile
gentile
hostile
infertile
inutile
percentile
projectile
quantile
quintile
reptile
stile
tactile
untile
utile

Synonyms and antonyms of infantile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INFANTILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «infantile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of infantile

Translation of «infantile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFANTILE

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

Translator English - Chinese

婴儿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infantil
570 millions of speakers

English

infantile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शिशु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطفلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инфантильная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infantil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিশুসুলভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infantile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanak-kanak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

infantil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幼児の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bocah cilik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

như trẻ con
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தைக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालकाची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çocukça
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infantile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

infantylne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інфантильна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infantil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βρεφικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

infantiele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infantil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infantile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infantile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFANTILE»

The term «infantile» is very widely used and occupies the 14.098 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFANTILE» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «INFANTILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word infantile.
1
Sergio Aragones
Anyone can write a story based on the kind of horror where you see a guy in car and then there's the bad guy in the back seat. It's infantile to rely on that for telling a story. That's like going to bed and thinking there's a monster under your bed. It's silly.
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Karen Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level.
3
John Desmond Bernal
Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with themselves to be satisfied even by the greatest license.
4
David Chase
'The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, bad jokes - infantile, adolescent stuff, but it makes me laugh.
5
Aleister Crowley
I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.
6
Herman Gorter
Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a doubt, I also am a victim, has been chased away by your brochure, or will yet be eradicated by it.
7
Steven Heighton
I'm supportive of practical nationalism, like the kind we need in Canada to avoid being absorbed into a much larger country. The kind of nationalism I despise as destructive and infantile is really just tribalism writ large.
8
Michael Leunig
Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.
9
John Lithgow
Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
10
Bill Maher
Maybe every other American movie shouldn't be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFANTILE»

Discover the use of infantile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infantile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Infantile Spasms: Diagnosis, Management and Prognosis
The primary goal of this volume is to carefully assess all aspects of the disorder, provide the reader with a concise guide to the most effective and efficient means for establishing the diagnosis, formulating an appropriate treatment plan ...
James D. Frost Jr., Richard A. Hrachovy, 2003
2
Infantile Sexuality and Attachment
Including papers by Peter Fonagy and Jean Laplanche. The idea for this book arose in a debate stimulated by the new proposals of Widlocher on an ongoing issue for theoretical and clinical psychoanalysis.
Daniel Widlocher, 2004
3
A Psychoanalytic Theory of Infantile Experience: Conceptual ...
In this edited collection of his papers, Dr Adam Limentani introduces Gaddini's key theories showing how they are closely linked to, but different from, the thinking of Phyllis Greenacre, DOnald Winnicitt and Melanie Klein.
Eugenio Gaddini, Adam Limentani, 2005
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Advances in Understanding Mechanisms and Treatment of ...
This volume brings together work from leading researchers in the fields of developmental disorders of binocular vision, strabismus, and both infantile and acquired forms of nystagmus.
R. John Leigh MD, Michael W. Devereaux MD, 2008
5
Spinal Deformities: The Essentials
Infantile structural scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1959;41-B:719-735 12. McMaster MJ. Infantile idiopathic scoliosis: can it be prevented? J Bone Joint Surg Br 1983;65(5):612-617 13. Scott JC, Morgan TH. The natural history and prognosis of ...
Robert F. Heary, Todd J. Albert, 2011
6
A Shot in the Dark: Why the P in the DPT Vaccination May be ...
In 1980, the British Committee on Safety of Medicines reported that an examination of data on pertussis vaccine-damaged children suggested that infantile spasms were one of the possible consequences, together with chronic epilepsy and ...
Harris L. Coulter, Barbara Loe Fisher, 1991
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Pediatric Neurology: A Case-based Review
Infantile spasms (West syndrome). Discussion Infantile spasms characterize a unique seizure disorder that occurs almost exclusively in infants younger than 1 year of age. The incidence of infantile spasms peaks at 3 to 7 months of age.
Tena Rosser, 2007
8
At the Crossings: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Kenneth W. Wright and Mehmet Cem Mocan Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Los Angeles, CA, USA Etiology of infantile esotropia In the past, infantile esotropia has been thought of as a single entity or syndrome characterized by a ...
New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology. Session, Robert J. Balkan, George S. Ellis, 2004
9
Handbook of Pediatric Strabismus and Amblyopia
It is likely that infantile esotropia represents a heterogeneous syndrome composed of a variety of different sensory and motor abnormalities. Factors such as early weakness of the lateral rectus muscle, hypermetropia causing accommodative ...
Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, Lisa Thompson, 2006
10
A Treatise on the Infantile Remittent Fever
TREATISE ON THE Infantile Remittent Fever. CHAPTER I. OF THE SYNONYMES ; THE DEFINITION J THE DESCRIPTION; AND THE PROGNOSTIC »F THE INFANTILE REMITTENT FEVER. § i. The Synonymes. JL HE worm-fever of most  ...
William Butter, 1806

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFANTILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infantile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Judd Apatow on Trainwreck and Amy Schumer -- Vulture
"What I loved about Knocked Up is what I loved about Richard Pryor: You'll be laughing so hard at something that's infantile and then a second ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
2
Mum-to-be's bizarre attempt to track down father of her child using …
The pregnant woman claims the infantile image of a face with eye-wrinkles and a big hooked nose will be enough for him to recognise himself ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Sharp moments but also laughs in Stratford's Oedipus Rex: review …
Played by Gord Rand, he's younger than usual, perhaps a little bit more self-righteous and definitely more infantile, especially with his family. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
4
Poll: Who Is the Bigger Baby, Artist Danh Vō or Collector Bert Kreuk?
... legal feud between the Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh Vō and the Dutch collector Bert Kreuk took another turn toward infantile name-calling. «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
5
The illusion of control - The Advocate Messenger: Religion
“Control is an illusion, you infantile egomaniac.” So said Nicole Kidman to Tom Cruise in the movie, “Days of Thunder.” It was a fictional scene, ... «Central Kentucky News, Jul 15»
6
What This Student Did With Her College Fund Will Infuriate You …
This infantile and selfish "woman" (I use the term loosely since she clearly has a load of growing up to do) wants her parents to use their ... «The Stir, Jul 15»
7
When politicians cross the social media line | TheIndependent.ca
... some cases downright offensive statements, to social media that make these politicians look incredibly infantile and exceedingly patronizing. «The Independent News, Jul 15»
8
'We get to go to the hospital': Shriners provide hope
... the family's doctor measured the bend at 24 degrees and gave Ken and his wife Susan a diagnosis of progressive infantile scoliosis. «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Reality TV Now Represents Our Greatest Chance At Controlling Our …
Yet somehow these insipid swaggering buffoons with their infantile existences are the saviours of modern man. Through their total lack of ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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MH17 one year on: Parents of crash victim Richard Mayne reflect on …
She then points outside, to a number of pots with infantile sunflower sprigs sprouting towards the sky. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»

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