childlikeness

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noun

The state or quality of being childlike.

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Meanings

nounchildlikeness (usually uncountable, plural childlikenesses)

plural childlikenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being childlike.

    How old was Isabel? According to all reasonable inferences from the presumed circumstances of her life, she was his elder, certainly, though by uncertain years; yet her whole aspect was that of more than childlikeness; […]

    1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin

From childlike + -ness.

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Translations

Hebrew ילדות, ילדותיות
  • ילדותthe state or quality of being childlike
  • ילדותיותthe state or quality of being childlike
Cite this entry
APA

childlikeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childlikeness

MLA

“childlikeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childlikeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “childlikeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childlikeness.

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