anility

noun

Definition of anilitynext
as in second childhood

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  1. second childhood
  2. senility
  3. senescence
  4. dotage
  5. anecdotage
  6. maturity
Noun
  • Many artists—Titian and de Kooning alike—have found a second childhood in old age; no other painter ever became younger in his sixties.
    — 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
Definition of second childhood
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  • Trump has boosted a conspiracy theory that Biden’s administration used the autopen without his knowledge to cover up his alleged senility.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Then the interview happens, and Thomas is swinging between lucidity and senility, and a million things about their relationship come up, and the fiction records the interview the phone couldn’t capture.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of senility
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  • At twenty-four, the soprano ability gone, his coffers emptied by heroin and scammers, Lymon, in his addict’s senescence, spoke to a reporter from Ebony magazine; a year later, he would be found dead on his grandmother’s bathroom floor.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
  • What jolted it out of its unremarkable senescence and put it on a kamikaze course for the moon?
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of senescence
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  • Far from being a sign of dotage, scientists concurred, music practice in old age confers all kinds of cognitive benefits.
    — Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In his basketball dotage, Kyle Lowry is getting soft.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of dotage
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  • After his initial campaign trip to New Hampshire, Biden was warned by his aides not to wallow in his anecdotage.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2020
Definition of anecdotage
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  • This strategy, announced after yields hit 19-year highs, involves funding these repurchases by issuing more short-term bills, effectively swapping longer-term debt for shorter maturities.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • He was struck by Björck’s maturity, despite the 15-year age gap between himself and Winnipeg’s latest first-round draft pick.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of maturity
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