Peter Pan
noun
Pe·ter Pan
ˈpē-tər-ˈpan 
1
: a boy in Sir James Barrie's play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never-never land
2
: an adult who does not want to grow up : one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes
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But the extended Peter Pan metaphor drags the whole thing down.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
However, Ice Age as a contrast to Peter Pan is what's really key to it showing up in this series.
—James Grebey, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
The island as idyll pops up in The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, and on Peter Pan’s Neverland.
—Emma Sloley
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
With Alien: Earth, Hawley takes the basic framework of an Alien story and fills it with his own kooky takes on Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and Willy Wonka.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
However, Ice Age as a contrast to Peter Pan is what's really key to it showing up in this series.
—James Grebey, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
The island as idyll pops up in The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, and on Peter Pan’s Neverland.
—Emma Sloley
august 14, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
With Alien: Earth, Hawley takes the basic framework of an Alien story and fills it with his own kooky takes on Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and Willy Wonka.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Peter Pan
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“Peter Pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Peter%20Pan. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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