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PRECOCIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precociousness mean?
• PRECOCIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun PRECOCIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
Familiarity information: PRECOCIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
precociousness; precocity
Hypernyms ("precociousness" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Derivation:
precocious (characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude))
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