infantile

infantile
in·fan·tì·le
agg. AU
1. dell'infanzia, tipico dei bambini: malattie infantili, giochi infantili, ingenuità infantile | adatto ai bambini, concepito per i bambini: ospedale infantile | che studia l'infanzia: psicologia infantile
2. fig., di persona adulta, che si comporta in modo immaturo, da bambino: Anna è molto infantile nelle sue reazioni | di atteggiamento, comportamento e sim., che denota immaturità: carattere infantile, discorso infantile
Sinonimi: bambinesco, bambino, fanciullesco, immaturo, puerile.
Contrari: adulto, maturo, responsabile.
3. TS psic. di ciò che nel comportamento di un adulto denota il permanere di tratti infantili
4. TS ling. di vocabolo proprio del linguaggio dei bambini, che ha un'origine fonosimbolica (come ad es. pappa, cacca, tata, bua, ecc.)
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DATA: av. 1342.
ETIMO: dal lat. tardo infantīle(m), v. anche 1infante.

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