Cuteness

English: Cuteness is a subjective term describing a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Konrad Lorenz. Lorenz proposed the concept of baby schema (Kindchenschema), a set of facial and body features, that make a creature appear "cute" and activate ("release") in others the motivation to care for it. Cuteness may be ascribed to people as well as things that are regarded as attractive or charming. In Japan, cuteness, or Kawaii-kei, has a significant presence in the culture, and has been commented on extensively.

Galleries

Cuteness in humans

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  "Catharina Hooft with her Nurse", Frans Hals
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  "The New-born", Georges de La Tour
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  "Charity", William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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  "A Mother With Her Sleeping Child", Léon Bazile Perrault
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  Baby with Moomin doll
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  breastfeeding
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  Feeding
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  Clara Bow (as Betty Boop), adult actor noted for her juvenile facial features
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  Michael J. Fox, adult actor noted for his juvenile facial features

Cuteness in animals

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  Bobcats
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  Wolf cub, where the adult form is generally not seen as cute
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  spiders are generally not seen as cute, however jumping spiders have traits associated with cuteness such as large round eyes
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  Baby crocodilians, another example of an animal not considered cute as an adult
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  Juvenile parrot snake, another animal not traditionally viewed as cute displaying cute traits

Children with animals

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  untitled, Theodor Kleehaas
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  Papoose on cradleboard, with lamb

Exaggeration of animal cuteness

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  dyed chicks
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  Lolcat
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  J. Fred Muggs
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  Louis Wain
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Cuteness in inanimate objects

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  Teddy Bear
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  Kewpie
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  "Hello Kitty" Mini, Thailand
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  hand-made doll
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  Fatschenkind, Germany
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  "reborn doll", realistic plastic baby doll
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  Winky dolls
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  Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd
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  Paul Winchell with Jerry Mahoney
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  "Matryoshka", Russian nesting dolls
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  Steiff bear
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  Air force officer mascot
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  Amigurumi doll of the fictional Cthulhu deity
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  giant "rubber duck"
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  Edible marzipan bears

Cartoon characters

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  Japanese commercial Moe characters
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  Betty Boop
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  Felix the Cat
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  Moomin
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  "Me Worry?" (precursor to Alfred E. Neuman)
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  Yellow Kid
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  Wikipe-tan

Kawaii-kei

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  Daruma dolls
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  Maneki neko (welcoming cat)
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See also

• Category:Anthropomorphic animals
• Category:Animals with human clothing