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Meaning of "second childhood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SECOND CHILDHOOD

second childhood play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SECOND CHILDHOOD

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Second childhood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SECOND CHILDHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of second childhood in the English dictionary

The definition of second childhood in the dictionary is dotage; senility.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SECOND CHILDHOOD

second ballot
second best
second chamber
second class
Second Coming
second cousin
Second Empire
Second Epistle of John
second estate
second fiddle
second floor
second form
second gear
second generation
second growth
second hand
second home
second house
Second International
second language

WORDS THAT END LIKE SECOND CHILDHOOD

adulthood
boyhood
brotherhood
childhood
fatherhood
godhood
hood
invalidhood
ladhood
likelihood
livelihood
maidhood
manhood
maximum likelihood
motherhood
neighborhood
neighbourhood
parenthood
priesthood
sisterhood

Synonyms and antonyms of second childhood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SECOND CHILDHOOD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «second childhood» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of second childhood

Translation of «second childhood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SECOND CHILDHOOD

Find out the translation of second childhood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of second childhood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «second childhood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第二个童年
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

segunda infancia
570 millions of speakers

English

second childhood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूसरा बचपन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الطفولة الثانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

второе детство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

segunda infância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বিতীয় শৈশব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

seconde enfance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanak-kanak kedua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zweite Kindheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

老年期
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

둘째 어린 시절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bocah cilik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời thơ ấu thứ hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டாவது குழந்தை பருவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुसरा बालपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ikinci çocukluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seconda infanzia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

druga młodość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

друге дитинство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a doua copilărie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεύτερη παιδική ηλικία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tweede kinderjare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

andra barn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

andre barndom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of second childhood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND CHILDHOOD»

The term «second childhood» is regularly used and occupies the 97.511 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SECOND CHILDHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «second childhood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «second childhood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about second childhood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SECOND CHILDHOOD»

Discover the use of second childhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to second childhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood ...
Reminiscent of Mindy Kaling, this is a warm funny memoir of the daughter of Indian immigrants learning to break free and find her own path. when we are at play.
Rupinder Gill, 2012
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Second Childhood
'If you don't wake up to yourself, Smalley,' Mr Cruickshank said, 'do you know what you're going to end up as?
Morris Gleitzman, 2004
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Our Second Childhood on the Internet
Margaret McCue Rogers. Our Second Childhood On The Internet Margaret McCue Rogers and Theresa Barney Forestell Copyright © 2012 by Margaret McCue Rogers and Theresa Barney.
Margaret McCue Rogers, 2012
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
C152 To be twice a Child (second childhood, etc.) 1650 Bradstreet Works 161: But now Bis puerisenes, is too true. 1694 Scottow Narrative 282: The Delyrious dotage of Bis Puerile and Superannuated Brains. 1702 Mather Magnalia 1 .365: At ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Images of Aging: Cultural Representations of Later Life
In exploring the imaging of 'second childhood' through infantilizing practices we are therefore describing an interactive social process in which elderly people may themselves engage or, in turn, resist. Given the considerable tension between ...
Mike Featherstone, Andrew Wernick, 2003
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Aspects of Contemporary World Literature
Naipaul's Second Childhood Gunjan Chaturvedi 16 "I was eighteen when I came (to England) and in a way I have grown up here. I've had a second childhood, a second becoming aware of the world. I've grown out of one attitude and begun ...
P. Bayapa Reddy, 2008
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Precocious Children and Childish Adults: Age Inversion in ...
... childhood, boyhood or girlhood, adolescence, manhood or womanhood, age, and old age or second childhood”; in an August 1848 article in the Nortb Britixb Review, “Ghosts and Ghost—Seers,” attributed to Samuel Brown, which refers to  ...
Claudia Nelson, 2012
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Second Childhood
And Simon is still haunted by the vindictive ghost of Choi, who will not hesitate to destroy everything. Second Childhood is set on 22nd century Cortes Island, which remains a natural jewel in Cascadia's inland sea.
Donna McMahon, 2010
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
2; SECOND CLAss. second childhood The dotage of old age; also, childlike playfulness in an adult. For example, Grandpa needsfull-time care, now that hes in his second childhood, or Since he retired and started learning to fly, hes been in ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Second Childhood
The authors capture many senior moments that show how to grow old disgracefully.
Hugh Silvey, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SECOND CHILDHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term second childhood is used in the context of the following news items.
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Second childhood
As populations get older, more people will suffer from dementia. But the relationship is not straightforward. Jul 11th 2015 | From the print edition. Timekeeper. «The Economist, Jul 15»
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David Hasselhoff: "I'm still growing up - I'm on my second childhood
TV legend David Hasselhoff, 62, is back doing what he does best… making fun of himself. And getting up close with Notebook magazine. A bit too close, bless ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Steampunk inventions product of second childhood
''It's going back to when you were a 10 year old, when you would have loved a gun like that,'' he said, pointing to some of the weapons he has made and had on ... «Otago Daily Times, May 15»
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Adulthood and youth collide in prof.'s poetry collection
But “Second Childhood,” the newest poetry collection by the visiting lecturer in ... In “Second Childhood,” Howe said she seeks to explore the question of what ... «The Brown Daily Herald, Oct 14»
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Fanny Howe's 'Second Childhood,' and More
This book, however, is surprisingly accessible, a contemplation of how old age resembles childhood. Her notion that “We don't understand why we are here in ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
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Growing older is like having a second childhood
My second childhood is matching with her first. She has only two states of being: sleeping or moving. She's almost never still, even when she is being read to ... «Tallahassee.com, Aug 14»
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Stress gives cells a 'second childhood'
Figure 1: Within a week of exposure to acidic culture conditions, white blood cells gave rise to clusters of cells expressing the pluripotency gene Oct4 (green). «Phys.Org, Feb 14»
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Henry: A second childhood moment
When does second childhood begin? At what age? I guess it really doesn't matter what age or stage in life one is at. It just happens. At least it did with me earlier ... «Chippewa Herald, Nov 13»
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Wandering Wino: Second Childhood Edition
The event will be Sunday, Oct. 16 downtown at Church Street between First and Second Ave. The fun starts at noon, with the green flag dropping at 2 p.m. sharp. «Nashville Scene, Oct 11»
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Mother with 'Hollywood amnesia' has second childhood after her …
When Su Meck was knocked out by a falling ceiling fan, she woke up a week later with a total memory loss. She was 22 and bringing up two young sons in ... «Daily Mail, May 11»

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