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JUVENILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
Synonyms:
juvenility; youth; youthfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("juvenility" is a kind of...):
youngness (the opposite of oldness)
Derivation:
juvenile (of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
Synonyms:
callowness; jejuneness; juvenility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("juvenility" is a kind of...):
immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)
Derivation:
juvenile (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity)
