young adulthood

• young-adulthood

From young adult +‎ -hood, after adulthood.

young adulthood (countable and uncountable, plural young adulthoods)

1. The state or period of being a young adult.
   • 2011 December 16, Jeannine Stein, “Exercise drops off when teens transition to college, study finds”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 October 2019:

     Making the transition from adolescence into young adulthood can be challenging, and it could also come with some health risks.

   • 2017 April 7, Courtney Maum, “A Woman With a Mallet, Mounted on a Horse”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 April 2017:

     These kids had their entire young adulthoods to perfect the sport.

   • 2021 July 22, Amanda Loudin, “A beachgoer’s guide to the southernmost South Jersey Shore”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 June 2022:

     Both she and her husband were regular visitors during their childhoods and young adulthoods.