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n. - Quality or state of being marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; Quality or state of being not complicated or simple.

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  • I guess that kind of childishness is just another aspect of our extra-specialness!
  • This act of childishness is going to demonstrate just how immature these right-wing extremists really are.
  • Some of the childishness was there, but the storylines seemed a little more ... something.
  • You can continue you're childishness, that is the beauty of the Speccy they tolerate most people.
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