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puerilism

noun

Etymology

From puerile + -ism.

  1. derived from puerīlis — “childish”
  2. suffixed as puerilism — “puerile + ism”

Definitions

  1. Childlike behavior by an adult, especially as indicating a mental disorder.

    • [T]he Dutchman Johan Huizenga, who coined the term puerilism in the 1930s . . . defined it as permanent puberty.
    • A kind of puerilism marked many American attitudes — an unnaturally extended puerilism which tended to transmute itself into senility alarmingly and swiftly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA