boyishness

Noun

Meaning

The manners or behavior of a boy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

butch manliness youth childhood adolescence puberty masculinity boyhood immaturity virility androgynous maleness childishness babyhood juvenility
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Antonyms

maturity femininity manhood womanhood woman adulthood
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Hypernyms

masculinity

Examples

Was his very boyishness the reason he was chosen? In that case, was it not a virtue to be admired, and not a failing to be despised? Orson Scott Card

If art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness. John Lennon

Were art to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness. José Ortega y Gasset

Close letter words and terms

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