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puerilism

[ pyoo-er-uh-liz-uhm, pyoor-uh- ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. childishness in the behavior of an adult.


puerilism

/ ˈʊəɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. psychiatry immature or childish behaviour by an adult
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of puerilism1

First recorded in 1920–25; puerile + -ism
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Example Sentences

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Such reactions, though occasionally given by normal subjects, are more often given by insane ones, and seem to be somewhat characteristic of states of mental deterioration which are clinically rather loosely described as puerilism.

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