What does semichild mean?
Semichild means A person who is partly a child, or somewhat childlike..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A person who is partly a child, or somewhat childlike..
It may seem paradoxical that in a culture that considers women to be cultural outsiders, perennial semichildren, the task of enculturating the young is entrusted to women.
They often seemed two sizes too big for the concave-chested semichildren within (hopefully that was a styling trick, if a distressing one, as opposed to just lazy tailoring).
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Semichild means A person who is partly a child, or somewhat childlike..
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It may seem paradoxical that in a culture that considers women to be cultural outsiders, perennial semichildren, the task of enculturating the young is entrusted to women.
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