puer aeternus
English
Etymology
From Latin puer aeternus (“eternal boy”) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by Carl Jung.
Noun
puer aeternus (plural pueri aeterni)
- (psychology) An archetype of eternal youth; (loosely) a man who remains emotionally childlike. [from 20th c.]
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
- Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop, eccentric puer aeternus, and singer-songwriter-dancer-entrepreneur, agrees to an out-of-court settlement in a child-molestation suit, reportedly paying out $20 million to settle one of a series of sex-abuse charges brought against him.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
Synonyms
- puer
Coordinate terms
- puella aeterna
See also
- agerasia
- permayouth
Further reading
Puer aeternus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spanish
Noun
puer aeternus m (uncountable)
- inner child