precocity
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- noun
- /prɪˈkɑːsɪti/
:
precocidad
- Many educators recognize the precocity of gifted children when they excel in learning tasks.
- intellectual precocity
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- But we just, we never we, we like valorize precocity.
Examples
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Indeed, precocity means that IG children are reasoning in a similar way to intellectually average but older children.
Academic text (1995) -
His precocity is not limited to writing; he has advanced skills in science, reading, music, art, and some areas of mathematics.
Academic text (2004) -
Another issue gifted children confront is precocity.
Academic text (2002) -
The precocity of the learner is a key characteristic to consider in curriculum development.
Academic text (1995) -
Geoffrey's precocity includes an intellectual level and an emotional intensity that surpasses many of his peers.
Academic text (2004) -
Salient characteristics of the gifted learner may be handled simultaneously in such a scheme, attending to precocity, intensity, and complexity as integrated characteristics representing cognitive and affective dimensions of the learner.
Academic text (1995) -
The precocity of the young pianist amazed everyone at the concert.
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His precocity in mathematics led to him solving complex problems at an age when others were still learning basic addition.
Synonyms
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The quality of developing skills or thinking earlier than most children
Antonyms
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
precocity = precocious (semi-transparent) = precoc + ious + ity
For learners who know 'precocious', adding '-ity' straightforwardly forms a noun meaning the state or quality of being precocious.
Etymology
Precocity comes from the Latin word praecox, which meant 'ripening early', like a fruit that is ready before the others. So, precocity is the idea of showing skill or intelligence 'earlier than usual', just like an early-ripening fruit.