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noun
A child-god who is forever young.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
An archetype of eternal youth.
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Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
A man who remains emotionally childlike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
From Latin puer aeternus (“eternal boy”) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by Carl Jung.
