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chuunibyou

chuunibyou noun: the often edgy or pretentious behavior of early adolescents who want to stand out and who have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers, characterized as a sickness.

Noun

chuunibyou (countable and uncountable, plural chuunibyou)

  1. (derogatory, slang, sometimes, uncountable) The often edgy or pretentious behavior of early adolescents who want to stand out and who have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers, characterized as a sickness.
  2. (countable, derogatory, slang, sometimes) One who acts in a manner typical of chuunibyou.

Forms of chuunibyou

pluralchuunibyou
alternative formchūnibyō

Origin of chuunibyou

Borrowed from Japanese 中二病 (chūnibyō, literally “middle school second-year syndrome”).

Questions about chuunibyou

What does chuunibyou mean?
Chuunibyou means the often edgy or pretentious behavior of early adolescents who want to stand out and who have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers, characterized as a sickness.
What part of speech is chuunibyou?
Chuunibyou is a noun.
What is the plural of chuunibyou?
The plural of chuunibyou is chuunibyou.

Words near chuunibyou in the dictionary

  1. chuuba
  2. chuuch
  3. Chuuk
  4. Chuukese
  5. chuuni
  6. chuunibyou
  7. Chuvash
  8. Chuvash Autonomous Oblast
  9. Chuvashes
  10. Chuvashia
  11. Chuvashiya

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