Lexicographical Neighbors of Puerilism
Literary usage of Puerilism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"puerilism is a form of mannerism, and usually represents, in most of the cases,
an infantile or atavistic regression. Pitres has indicated this symptom ..."
2. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"Unfortunately he does not push his analysis beyond this point, nor does he
correlate with the puerilism the allied symptom of 'foolishness,' one which in my ..."
3. Manual of Psychiatry by Joseph Rogues de Fursac, Aaron Joshua Rosanoff (1916)
"... their dominant psychopathic note: this state is one of torpor, psychic dullness,
and clouding of the intellect, to which may be added mental puerilism. ..."
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