adulthood

English

Etymology

From adult +‎ -hood.

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Noun

adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)

  1. The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.
    Antonyms: childhood; adolescence; boyhood, girlhood
    Hyponyms: manhood, womanhood
    Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)
    Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.
  2. The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.
    Antonyms: childhood; adolescence; boyhood, girlhood
    Hyponyms: manhood, womanhood
    Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)
    The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.
    The things learned in childhood affect us throughout our adulthood.

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