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Definition of Adulthood
1. Noun. The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed.
Generic synonyms: Time Of Life
Terms within: Teens, Mid-twenties, Twenties, Mid-thirties, Thirties, Thirty-something, Forties, Mid-forties, Fifties, Mid-fifties, Legal Age, Majority, Drinking Age, Voting Age, Middle Age
Specialized synonyms: Prime, Prime Of Life
Derivative terms: Adult, Adult, Mature
2. Noun. The state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity.
Specialized synonyms: Manhood, Parentage, Parenthood, Muliebrity, Womanhood
Derivative terms: Adult, Adult
Definition of Adulthood
1. Noun. The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adulthood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adulthood
Literary usage of Adulthood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"What are patterns of cocaine use and the development patterns of involvement from
adolescence to young adulthood in this population of young adults? 2. ..."
2. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"... CRIMINALITY Differences between childhood and adulthood — Extent and character
... BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND adulthood In distinguishing between the two age ..."
3. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"LEARNING IN adulthood Much of what is known about learning comes from studying
children in schools. In contrast, little is known about the process of ..."
4. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Master Subramuniya (2003)
"... What Are the Sacraments of adulthood? ... 93 The most important sacrament of
adulthood is the ..."
5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: State of the Science, Best Practicesby James Richard Cooper, Peter S. Jensen by James Richard Cooper, Peter S. Jensen (2002)
"... in adulthood (Shaffer, i994), long-term outcome studies with carefully diagnosed
ADHD subjects indicate that the syndrome persists into adulthood in a ..."
6. From Education to Work: A Difficult Transition for Young Adults With Low by Canadian Policy Research Networks (2005)
"Likelihood of arriving at adulthood with a low qualification related to family
background ... adulthood ..."
7. Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"A study concerning pulmonary development showed that asthma in infancy can result
in a decrease in lung function of approximately 20 percent in adulthood, ..."
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