adulthood
noun B2- 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)· Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.
- The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death. · Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)· The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.
Plural adulthoods
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The Youth, advanced to adulthood, proceeded to steal things of still greater value.
There is a profound psychological discomfort associated with being an absolute beginner when you are well into adulthood.
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