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childishness

/ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs/

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Southern US/ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nəs/

childishness noun: the state or characteristic of being childish.

Noun

childishness (countable and uncountable, plural childishnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
  2. (countable) Childish behaviour.
    • Exorcism, unction, the sign of the cross, holy water, infant-communion, and many other childishnesses, were also called "Apostolic institutions" — not at first, but long after they were invented, to conceal their real origin […]1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History: from the foundation of the Christian church to the close of the eighteenth century, page 43

childishness meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Punjabi

childishness in Hindi

childishness, childlike behaviour
बचपना bacpanā

childishness in Urdu

childishness, immaturity
بچپن bacpan

childishness in Telugu

childishness
పిల్లతనము pillatanamu

childishness in Punjabi

childishness
ਅਲ੍ਹੜਪੁਣਾ alhṛapuṇā
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childishness in Sanskrit
शैशव śaiśava

Forms of childishness

pluralchildishnesses

Origin of childishness

From Middle English childishnes, childisnes, equivalent to childish + -ness.

Questions about childishness

What does childishness mean?
Childishness means the state or characteristic of being childish.
What is childishness in Hindi?
Childishness in Hindi is बचपना (bacpanā). See Childishness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is childishness?
Childishness is a noun.
How do you pronounce childishness?
Childishness is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs/ (US).
What is the plural of childishness?
The plural of childishness is childishnesses.

Words near childishness in the dictionary

  1. childies
  2. childification
  3. childing
  4. childish
  5. childishly
  6. childishness
  7. childishnesses
  8. childism
  9. childisms
  10. childkind
  11. childless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: childishness (page history and authors); बचपना (Hindi) (page history and authors); بچپن (Urdu) (page history and authors); शैशव (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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