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Juvenalian satire ...

Juvenalian satire: in literature, any bitter and ironic criticism of contemporary persons and institutions that is filled with personal invective, angry moral indignation, and pessimism. The name alludes to the Latin satirist Juvenal, who, in the 1st century AD, brilliantly denounced Roman ...
juvenile court: special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. The juvenile court fulfills the government's role as substitute parent, and, where no juvenile court exists, other courts must assume the function.
juvenile delinquent: any young person whose conduct is characterized by antisocial behaviour that is beyond parental control and subject to legal action. See delinquency.
juvenile hormone: a hormone in insects, secreted by glands near the brain, that controls the retention of juvenile characters in larval stages. The hormone affects the process of molting, the periodic shedding of the outer skeleton during development, and in adults it ...
Juventud, Isla de la: island and municipio especial ("special municipality") of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea. It is bounded on the northwest by the Canal de los Indios and on the north and northeast by the Gulf of Batabano, which separate it from the ...
Juxon, William: archbishop of Canterbury and minister to King Charles I on the scaffold. As lord high treasurer, Juxon was the last English clergyman to hold both secular and clerical offices in the medieval tradition of clerical state service.
Jyoetsu: city, Niigata ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the lower reaches and mouth of the Ara River. The city was formed for reasons of industrial planning by the amalgamation of Naoetsu and Takada.
Jyvaskyla: town, capital of Keski-Suomen laani (province), south-central Finland. It lies at the north end of Lake Paijanne, southwest of Kuopio. The town, chartered in 1837, has three historic educational institutions: the first Finnish teachers' training college (founded 1863; replaced in ...
Jzn: town and port, southwestern Saudi Arabia, on the Red Sea opposite the Farasan Islands. Defined by the 1934 Treaty of Al-Ta'if as belonging to Saudi Arabia, the town has been claimed by Yemen since the 1960s. Jizan is the principal ...