Meaning of hyperadult | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having excessively or inappropriately adult characteristics.
2. Exhibiting hypermorphosis; Having features that exaggerate adult morphology.

Examples

“As matters now stand⟳, "programs" too often result⟳ in the formation of individuals whose intelligence may be hyperadult, but whose affective and moral sensibility is childish.”

“It was slow enough now that I could take⟳ a good look⟳ at her — I couldn't decide⟳ her age, but there seemed to be a youthfulness to her that belied her hyperadult authority.”

“Her students - children living in a hyperadult world where playground disputes were settled with 9 mms - eventually drove her out of teaching.”

“I mean⟳, most people get⟳ off on stuff that goes back to puberty or even earlier, and 'I'm so aroused' sounds so hyperadult.”

“When sexual maturity is delayed development of the organism may continue⟳ over a longer time span. this extension of the growth phase facilitates the formation of a “hyperadult” morphology and a large size, a situation referred to as hypermorphosis.”

“Vrba continues by stating that this '. . . can result⟳ in a major reorganization - or "shuffling" of body proportions such that some characters become⟳ larger and others smaller, some hyperadult and others more juvenilized' (1996, p. 1 ).”

“This suggests a heterochronic event, such as a hypermorphosis (i.e., hyperadult size and shape⟳, McNamara, 1986).”

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