All 5 Uses of
precocious
in
The Tipping Point
- They are more sexually precocious; they have a greater "need" for sex, and greater attraction to the opposite sex.†
Chpt 7
- If you bundle all of these extroverts' traits together — defiance, sexual precocity, honesty, impulsiveness, indifference to the opinion of others, sensation seeking — you come up with an almost perfect definition of the kind of person many adolescents are drawn to.†
Chpt 7
- The very same character traits of rebelliousness and impulsivity and risk-taking and indifference to the opinion of others and precocity that made them so compelling to their adolescent peers also make it almost inevitable that they would also be drawn to the ultimate expression of adolescent rebellion, risk-taking, impulsivity, indifference to others, and precocity: the cigarette.†
Chpt 7
- The very same character traits of rebelliousness and impulsivity and risk-taking and indifference to the opinion of others and precocity that made them so compelling to their adolescent peers also make it almost inevitable that they would also be drawn to the ultimate expression of adolescent rebellion, risk-taking, impulsivity, indifference to others, and precocity: the cigarette.†
Chpt 7
- ...the most independent, precocious, rebellious teens are hardly likely to be the most susceptible to rational health advice.
Chpt 7 *precocious = behaving in a manner considered more appropriate for someone who is older
Definition:
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(precocious) early development -- especially ability or maturity in a child
or more rarely:
disapproving description of a child who takes liberties usually afforded to people who are older