childhood wonder
Early-years marvel feeling
Childhood wonder is the capacity for amazement and curiosity that comes naturally to children—the wide-eyed fascination with ordinary things that adults often lose: She watched the fireflies with childhood wonder.
The phrase can describe either the state itself or efforts to recover it: The museum tries to rekindle childhood wonder in visitors of all ages.
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- magic tricksFeats of apparent impossibility
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- curiosityDesire to learn
- aweReverent fear and wonder
imagination · fairy tales · tooth fairy · fireflies · playground · discovery · enchantment · wide-eyed · bedtime stories · make-believe · amazement · stargazing · shooting stars · daydream · butterflies · sandbox · paper airplanes · treehouse
childhood wonderworld-weariness
Jaded disillusionment with life
cynicism · jadedness · disenchantment · disillusionment · apathy
childhood, wonder, child, children, childish, childlike, childless, childishly, childishness