childishness

  • 101puerility — I noun babyishness, boyishness, childishness, childlike, girlishness, infantilism II index adolescence, minority (infancy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 102Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht —   Mit dieser sprichwörtlichen Redensart kommentiert man kritisch oder auch in scherzhafter Absicht die Handlungs oder Verhaltensweise eines älteren Menschen, tut man kund, dass man bestimmte Handlungs oder Verhaltensweisen von Leuten in… …

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  • 103puerile — pu·er·ile pyu̇( ə)r əl, .īl adj 1) marked by or suggesting childishness and immaturity 2) being respiration that is like that of a child in being louder than normal <puerile breathing> * * * pu·er·ile (puґər il) [L. puerilis; puer… …

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  • 104retrogenesis — (ret.troh.JEN.uh.sis) n. The loss of mental abilities in old age in the opposite order in which they are gained in childhood, especially as exhibited by Alzheimer s patients. Example Citation: Reisberg and others say that retrogenesis is more… …

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  • 105Mason, James — (1909–1984)    James Mason was England’s biggest box office attraction in the 1940s. He was born in Huddersfield, England; his father was a wool merchant. He took a degree in architecture at Cambridge University in 1931, but decided to go on the… …

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  • 106anility — Synonyms and related words: advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, caducity, childishness, debility, decline, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, dotardism, eld, elderliness, feebleness, green… …

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  • 107caducity — Synonyms and related words: advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anility, changeableness, childishness, corruptibility, death, debility, decline, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, dotardism,… …

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  • 108decline — Synonyms and related words: abate, abatement, abjure, ablate, abstain, abstain from, age, analyze, anility, arrear, arrearage, arrears, ascend, asking price, avoid, backslide, backsliding, balk, bank, bate, be eaten away, be found wanting, be… …

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  • 109dotage — Synonyms and related words: advanced age, advanced years, age, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anility, blind faith, caducity, childishness, credulity, credulousness, debility, decline, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude,… …

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  • 110immaturity — Synonyms and related words: adulteration, amateurishness, amateurism, arrestment, babyishness, brand newness, callowness, childishness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, defectibility, defectiveness, deficiency, dewiness, erroneousness, fallibility …

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