Usually means: Regression to childlike behavior, elderly.
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  1. second childhood: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. second childhood: Merriam-Webster
  3. second childhood: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. second childhood: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. second childhood: Collins English Dictionary
  6. second childhood: Vocabulary.com
  7. second childhood: Wordnik
  8. second childhood: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. second childhood: Wiktionary
  10. second childhood: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. second childhood: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. second childhood: Dictionary.com
  13. Second Childhood (film), Second Childhood, Second childhood: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. second childhood: Rhymezone
  15. second childhood: FreeDictionary.org
  16. second childhood: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. second childhood: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (second childhood)

noun:  (idiomatic) The period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior.
noun:  (idiomatic) A childlike state in any adult, resulting from mental illness, trauma, or other conditions.

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