as in feebleness
the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age
whenever she makes a mistake, Grandmother just reminds everyone she's in her second childhood and children shouldn't be held accountable
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Recent Examples of second childhood
Many artists—Titian and de Kooning alike—have found a second childhood in old age; no other painter ever became younger in his sixties.
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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
After decades of relative maturity, the oil market might be about to enter a second childhood.
—Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
For me, those first travels were like a second childhood.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2020
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
After decades of relative maturity, the oil market might be about to enter a second childhood.
—Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
For me, those first travels were like a second childhood.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2020
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“Second childhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20childhood. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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