juvenility

noun

Definition of juvenilitynext
as in immaturity

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Recent Examples of juvenility Of course, as Fiedler demonstrates with such aplomb, juvenility need not yield aesthetic failure. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juvenility
  1. immaturity
  2. adolescence
  3. minority
Noun
  • The diagnosis provided a framework that explained years of behavior that family members had struggled to understand and had simply attributed to immaturity.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • However this levity continues to jar with Niki’s immaturity, in that scene and beyond; even so, her juvenile lack of perspective is dramatically compelling.
    — Elena Lazic, Variety, 11 July 2026
Definition of immaturity
Noun
  • The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For most of the book, Jeon-Gi’s first-person voice remains suspended in the uneasy space of his childhood consciousness, re-enacting the uncertainty and confusion of adolescence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of adolescence
Noun
  • Hegseth has aggressively moved to reshape the military's senior ranks, removing or sidelining more than two dozen senior officers, without explanation, including a number of women and minorities.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • There is also persistent friction between Arab and Kurdish communities in the northeast of the country, and the government has had to respond to pockets of violence against the religious Alawite minority along Syria’s coast.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of minority

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“Juvenility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenility. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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