Kata bahasa Indonesia
English word
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- neoteny(n = noun.cognition) - an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species;
Derived form adjective neotenic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. the retention of juvenile features in the adult form of some animals, e.g. an axolotl.
Derivative
neotenic adj. neotenous adj.
Etymology
G Neotenie (as NEO- + Gk teino extend)