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What is the age equivalent of "androgyny"?
That is, what do you call it when you cannot reliably determine a person's age, or when someone acts like an age different than their own?

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>> No.9300048

If you want the same kind of coordinating construction, like old-new, it would be

> neogeriatric

>> No.9300050

>>9299597
aage?

>> No.9300052

>>9300048
PS.

Not 'acting your age' would be something like

> diselikia

Depending on how you want to Anglicise the Greek ending; it could be 'diseliky'.

>> No.9300085

>>9299597
>what do you call it when you cannot reliably determine a person's age
Ageless? Not in the sense of "enduring eternally" but literally "without age."

>when someone acts like an age different than their own?
Depends on what age they actually are. If they're a kid, they would be precocious, if an adult, juvenile.

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>>9300050

>> No.9300122

>>9299597
"Neotenous" means retaining juvenile features. Not exactly what you're looking for but might be helpful

>> No.9300260

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