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What is the word for cute/juvenile features?

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00:00 What Is The Word For Cute/Juvenile Features?
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 38


You might be looking for neoteny

The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adults of a species




ANSWER 2

Score 4


In amine / manga and general Japanese culture this is referred to as kawaii:

Kawaii (Japanese: かわいい or 可愛い, IPA: [kaɰaiꜜi]; 'lovely', 'loveable', 'cute', or 'adorable')1 is the culture of cuteness in Japan.[2][3][4] It can refer to items, humans and non-humans that are charming, vulnerable, shy, and childlike.[2] Examples include cute handwriting, certain genres of manga, and characters including Hello Kitty and Pikachu.[5][6]
The cuteness culture, or kawaii aesthetic, has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture, entertainment, clothing, food, toys, personal appearance, and mannerisms.[7]




ANSWER 3

Score 3


In German there's the term Kindchenschema and checking several translation websites they suggest one of the following terms in English (in no particular order):

  • schema/scheme of childlike characteristics / childlike schema/scheme (dict.cc, leo.org, linguee.com)
  • cuteness [small child pattern] (dict.cc, also backed by wikipedia)
  • baby schema (pons.de, also kinda backed by wikipedia)
  • baby face (linguee.com)

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