puerility
Example Sentences
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The school officials’ contention that C.G.’s post was “hate speech targeting the Jewish community” was as dumb as his joke and confused puerility with animosity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
Why doesn’t any of this evidence of puerility hurt his image among his base?
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2016
The duo is signed to Fueled by Ramen, an imprint probably best known for putting out the work of Fall Out Boy, and they share an insistent puerility and melodic flamboyance with their pop-punk labelmates.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2016
Movie comedy, once a lively, if tilted, battlefield of the sexes, regressed into an aggressive puerility that was the flip side of macho superhero self-pity.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2012
He smiles softly at this tender-hearted puerility of hers.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
