adulthood
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adulthood
noun adulthoods
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The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.
Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)
Opposite: childhood, adolescence, boyhood, girlhood
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The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.
Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)
Opposite: childhood, adolescence, boyhood, girlhood
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Closest in meaning: maturity, grown-up, grownup, mature, age, majority, puberty, legal age, prime, manhood, womanhood, full growth, full age, grown-upness, ripe age, ripeness
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noun time of life
| Español | edad adulta, adultez |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 成人であること seijin de aru koto |
| 中文 | 成年 chéngnián |
| हिन्दी | वयस्कता vayaskatā, वयस्कावस्था vayaskāvasthā |
| Português | idade adulta, fase adulta, adultez, adultícia, adultidade |
| Français | âge adulte, majorité |
| Deutsch | Erwachsenenalter |
| Română | maturitate, vârstă adultă |
| Русский | зре́лость zrélostʹ, взро́слость vzróslostʹ, совершенноле́тие soveršennolétije |
| עברית | בַּגְרוּת bagrút |
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@misc{adulthood_2026,
title = {adulthood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adulthood},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
