Prepubescence

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The period prior to the onset of puberty; prepuberty uncountable

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"What happened with Protestant conversions from Roman Catholicism in my extended family didn't go far enough for me, as I had a tendency for Buddhism since prepubescence, largely from sci-fi shows like Star Trek with Mr. Spock's Vulcan philosophy and Space: 1999 with aliens meditating in glass cubicles. I was impressionable to these images and ideas at a young age. By my thirties, I became interested in other Eastern philosophies like Daoism and Hinduism. Things like Baptism, Pentecostal, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc. weren't far enough for me..."

Etymology

From pre- + pubescence.

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