Innocence?
What is the term used to describe someone who is probably an adult, but he is possessing the quality of a child, but something positive, I mean, for example, he likes playing toys, he is very well devoted to playing with children, which is his quality, rather than he pretends to be....
I cannot think of the term, I am not speaking English as my first language, by translation I can only find "Innocence", but I believe this is not what I am looking for because I know what innocence means. I don't know, but innocence or innocent sounds like something negative or disliked, or something about not engaging a crime... which isn't what I mean.
Thanks for help
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Most words in that area are pejorative. The closest I can come is "young at heart", which is strictly complimentary but is usually said of people who are far from young in every other way. " You can call someone an innocent, but that is at best somewhat condescending.
- Most words in that area are pejorative.
- The closest I can come is "young at heart", which is strictly complimentary but is usually said of people who are far from young in every other way.
- " You can call someone an innocent, but that is at best somewhat condescending.
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Most words in that area are pejorative. The closest I can come is "young at heart", which is strictly complimentary but is usually said of people who are far from young in every other way. "Childish" can be positive, but it has to be obvious in context that it is; the example from the usage note at "young" in the AHD is useful: "took childish delight in tending his garden." You can call
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