NEOTONY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("neotony" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Derivation:

neotenous (of or relating to or characterized by neoteny)