adulthood

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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.
    Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.
  2. The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.
    The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.
    The things learned in childhood affect us throughout our adulthood.

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