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inner child

noun

Meaning

  1. The childlike aspect of a person's psyche — typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood — especially in context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adultlike aspect of the person.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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