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puerilism, n. Psychol. and Psychiatry.|ˈpjuːərɪlɪz(ə)m|
[prob. ad. F. puérilisme childishness: see puerile a. and -ism.]
The state or condition of behaving like a child; childish behaviour; spec. (a) (in an adult) a reversion to infantile behaviour, usu. as a symptom of mental disorder; (b) (in a child) that stage of normal development which follows infantilism and precedes puberty.
1934H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 218/2 Puerilism, a condition of mental non-development or degeneration, in which the patient's mental processes and behavior seem to return to the immature type characteristic of childhood or early adolescence. 1936J. Huizinga In Shadow of Tomorrow xvi. 150 This quality I have ventured to call by the name of Puerilism, as being the most appropriate appellation for that blend of adolescence and barbarity which has been rampant all over the world for the last two or three decades. 1940L. Hinsie Psychiatric Dict. 451/2 From the standpoint of psychiatry puerilism is childishness; it is the stage following infantilism or infantility and is followed by the stage of puberism or puberty. 1979C. Lasch Culture of Narcissism v. 103 They play with the ‘blend of adolescence and barbarity’ that Huizinga calls puerilism. 1987New Scientist 5 Mar. 58/4 Guy Troughton's illustrations are particularly frustrating, however, ranging from the enchanting and accurate to examples of puerilism. |