prepubescent
adjective
pre·pu·bes·cent
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Definition of prepubescent
: of, relating to, being in, or occurring in the period of development immediately preceding puberty
prepubescent children prepubescent growth
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Police found five explicit images of prepubescent girls on Wyler's phone. — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Retired Hamilton County deputy posted child pornography to Pinterest, police say," 19 Aug. 2019 The kids, for all their F-bombs and addled hormones, are actually all right — Max (Jacob Tremblay), Lucas (Keith L. Williams), and Thor (Brady Noon), best friends united by the prepubescent bedlam of sixth grade. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Tween comedy Good Boys delivers crass silliness — and some hard-R charm," 19 Aug. 2019 Federal authorities seized thousands of child pornographic images from Mandish’s computers, including hundreds of videos that included images of prepubescent children, bestiality, bondage, sadomasochism and rape, Maloney told the court. — oregonlive.com, "Gaston man who downloaded child pornography sentenced to 8 years in federal prison," 9 Aug. 2019 Arguably, multiplayer gaming, by being both social and competitive, satisfy love and esteem (though anyone who's had a prepubescent teammate screaming slurs in their headphones might object to the former). — Carter Melrose, WIRED, "Why Battle Royale Games Like Fortnite Are Everywhere (It’s Not Just Money)," 14 June 2018 In June 2016, Corum sent images of prepubescent children being abused to another person over the internet, officials said. — Jordan Cutler-tietjen, sacbee, "Sacramento man pleads guilty to directing Philippines child porn over Skype," 11 June 2018 The film was a lot about acknowledging the voice of the prepubescent girl, letting my child self speak and showing things from her point of view. — Abigail Pesta, Marie Claire, "This Woman's True Story of Child Sexual Abuse Is Now a Movie Starring Laura Dern," 24 May 2018 The Balthus work at the Met, that’s about how men experience the world, how men view prepubescent girls. — Michael Slenske And Molly Langmuir, The Cut, "Who’s Afraid of the Female Nude?," 18 Apr. 2018 Olson said some critics incorrectly concluded that gender-altering surgery is being performed on the prepubescent children in her study. — David Crary, The Christian Science Monitor, "$1 million grant will expand first large-scale, national study of transgender kids," 13 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prepubescent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for prepubescent
prepubescent
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of prepubescent
formal
: relating to or being in the period of life just before puberty
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prepubescent
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pre·pu·bes·cent
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Medical Definition of prepubescent
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of, relating to, being in, or occurring in the period of development immediately preceding puberty
prepubescent children prepubescent growth
prepubescent
nounMedical Definition of prepubescent (Entry 2 of 2)
: a prepubescent child