as in second childhood
the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age
forgetting the name of an old friend was another painful reminder of her progressive caducity
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Many artists—Titian and de Kooning alike—have found a second childhood in old age; no other painter ever became younger in his sixties.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2023 -
Now that prestige art movies are either gross or failing at the box office, EO shows us that film culture is going through a jaded second childhood.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Dec. 2022
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As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for all age groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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Salles doesn’t clarify his viewpoint until the end, when Eunice ages into senility.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Caducity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caducity. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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