Neotony

Word NEOTONY
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The retention of your juvenile exuberance while growing into your awkwardly adult body. Maintaining the untamed Sawyer-Finn disposition that grates on the nerves of those near you who are trying to develop higher faculties within physiologically adult selves. Urban Dictionary

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However, it will extend neotony, something we have enough already. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some psychological aspect of ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny, or, rather, a sexual manifestation of neotony? ❋ Acephalemagic (2008)

They are very different: dogs go into heat twice a year, wolves once; dogs exhibit “neotony” — traits that make them more docile — wolves obviously do not. ❋ Unknown (2006)

ACQUIRED through a neotony of prolonged maturation – there is no ontology without ontogeny – not necessarily a capriciously God given one for the circumcised but rather one acquired by nature-nurture interactions developing into intelligence. ❋ Unknown (2005)

For too long this and other demands we have made on men have served only to keep them in a state of neotony. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Following up @TonyNZ’s comment: I am familiar with the neotony theory, but human babies are naked. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Your [problem] isn't [vice], but neotony ❋ Rodhandler (2003)

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