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noun
The state or quality of being juvenile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: senility
noun
Juvenile behavior, writing, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: senility
noun
the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: youth, youthfulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: youngness
noun
lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: callowness, jejuneness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immaturity, immatureness
History
Borrowed from Latin iuvenilitas. By surface analysis, juvenile + -ity.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
