prepubescent
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˌpriːˈpjuːbɛsənt/
- Specialized
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prepubescente
- It's likely that it is genuinely harmful to young adults and possibly toxic to prepubescent children.
- prepubescent children
Another part of it is that there's just less sexual differentiation in prepubescent children.
- Another part of it is that there's just less sexual differentiation in prepubescent children.
- You only need to use this for three minutes on each targeted area and apparently it will turn back the time and make you look prepubescent.
- Like, let's focus on prepubescent sex crimes.
- But from a from that developmental prepubescent puberty stages.
Examples
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The prepubescent boy was excited to start middle school in the fall.
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Occasional sections of the column, captioned "Good Advice to Young Ladies," sought to improve the lifestyles of prepubescent females.
Academic text (2004) -
A blond face, with prepubescent features and mobility.
Fiction book (1998) -
A little prepubescent Theo at six, who you can play games with?
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She's prepubescent, maybe 10, 11.
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The Boy Scouts have pubescent and prepubescent boys as members.
Blog text (25) -
Why is it that we're seeing this explosion of young girls, prepubescent and pubescent girls wanting to transition?
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The purpose of this study was, first, to record physical activity inside and outside the school environment of prepubescent children, and second, to discover any relation between the motor activity of children and their physical characteristics.
Academic text (2002) -
Mr. Hughes, a 35-year-old family man, is playing chaperone to prepubescent versions of Superman, Tinkerbell, and a dancing skeleton.
Fiction book (1993) -
The dancer's body was still prepubescent, showing no signs of adult development.
Synonyms
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5.5
Relating to children aged nine to twelve before they become teenagers
Relating to the time just before puberty when a child grows quickly
Antonyms
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
prepubescent = pubescent (semi-transparent) = pre + pub + escent
The prefix 'pre-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'before' to the adjective 'pubescent'.
Etymology
The word prepubescent breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and pubescent, from puberty meaning 'growing up' or the body's change to adulthood. So prepubescent simply means the time 'before' puberty, the stage just before the body begins those adult changes.