different between irresponsibility vs puerility

irresponsibility

English

Etymology

From ir- +? responsibility or irresponsible +? -ity

Noun

irresponsibility (countable and uncountable, plural irresponsibilities)

  1. The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.

Translations

References

  • irresponsibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • irresponsibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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puerility

English

Etymology

puerile +? -ity, from Middle French puérilité, from Latin puer?lit?s, from puer?lis (childish, juvenile), from puer (boy).

Noun

puerility (countable and uncountable, plural puerilities)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
  2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
    • 1857, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago
      You treat his opinions (though he never thrusts them on you) about "the Church," and his duty, and the souls of his parishioners, with civil indifference, as much ado about nothing; and his rubrical eccentricities as puerilities.

See also

  • puerilism

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