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childlike

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child⋅like

  [chahyld-lahyk]
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–adjective
like a child, as in innocence, frankness, etc.; befitting a child: childlike trust.
Origin:
1580–90; child + -like

Related forms:
childlikeness, noun

Synonyms:
young, ingenuous, simple, guileless, trusting, innocent. See childish.

Antonyms:
sophisticated, adult.
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child·like   (chīld'līk')   
adj.  Like or befitting a child, as in innocence, trustfulness, or candor.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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