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puerilization

puerilization noun: the act or process of acquiring puerile characteristics.

Noun

puerilization (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The act or process of acquiring puerile characteristics.
    • We have sometimes fancied that the modern noises are the utterances of that rejuvenescence, another name for recrudescence, which has overtaken the race. It seems to be turning boy and girl again in that puerilization following its devotion to manly sports, as they are called.1906, “Editor's Easy Chair”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 113, number 678
    • British religious educator John Hull warns churches of the dangers of maintaining the puerilization of their members (keeping them childish in their thinking).2003, F. LeRon Shults, Reforming Theological Anthropology: After the Philosophical Turn to Relationality, page 68

Origin of puerilization

From puerile + -ization.

Questions about puerilization

What does puerilization mean?
Puerilization means the act or process of acquiring puerile characteristics.
What part of speech is puerilization?
Puerilization is a noun.

Words near puerilization in the dictionary

  1. puerileness
  2. puerilism
  3. puerilisms
  4. puerilities
  5. puerility
  6. puerilization
  7. puerpera
  8. puerperae
  9. puerperal
  10. puerperal fever
  11. puerperal fevers

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