juvenility
- noun
- /ˌdʒuːvəˈnɪləti/
:
juventud
- Despite her age, her behavior reflected a certain juvenility that often confused her peers.
- age of juvenility
Examples
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The juvenility of her thinking became apparent when she struggled to grasp the complexities of adult responsibilities.
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No need to sink to this level of juvenility.
Blog text (7) -
Perhaps the whole corpus never rises above such textual juvenility.
Academic text (2000) -
The most widespread age-related disease was not senility but juvenility.
Fiction book (2001) -
Age-specific juvenility, exemption from work participation, and extended school attendance simply did not exist in nineteenth-century Icelandic rural society.
Academic text (1995) -
In such a scenario, the question arises whether juvenility is a justified reason for lenient punishments, especially when they commit crimes of heinous nature?
Academic text (2018) -
The Nirbhaya aftermath witnessed wide and loud hue and cry from many quarters that the protection of juveniles from the regular criminal justice system must be done away with, along with lowering the age of juvenility.
Academic text (2018) -
His immaturity and lack of experience were evident in his juvenility when he spoke in front of the audience.
Synonyms
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The state of being young and full of energy
A lack of experience or maturity that shows in actions
A state of not being fully developed in behaviour or ability
Being childish in thought or behavior
The quality of being too trusting and lacking life experience
The state of being young
Antonyms
How Immature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Juvenility comes from the Latin root juven- which means 'young'. It shares the same root as juvenile, so juvenility can mean being young or not yet fully mature, often showing a lack of experience.