childhood
the state or period of being a child.
the early stage in the existence of something: the childhood of the human race.
Origin of childhood
1Other words for childhood
1 | youth, boyhood, girlhood, school days |
Other words from childhood
- pre·child·hood, noun
Words Nearby childhood
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How to use childhood in a sentence
Children play an active part in shaping their social worlds, likely explaining in large part why these particular childhood temperaments were so closely aligned with later personality, the authors suggest.
‘The Origins of You’ explores how kids develop into their adult selves | Bruce Bower | September 16, 2020 | Science NewsThe reasons are when girls stay home they often become victim to childhood marriages.
Malala Yousafzai tells the business community: Education is the best way to guard against future crises | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 15, 2020 | FortuneDespite haunting memories of a childhood visit to the boardwalk, Adelaide reluctantly takes her family on a Santa Cruz beach vacation.
FROM THE VAULTS – Straight, but not narrow | Brian T. Carney | September 11, 2020 | Washington BladeIn 2018, competitor Lynn Munro brought oatmeal she milled herself and cooked it with water she harvested from the loch at her childhood home.
Working with child psychologists and childhood development researchers, he wrote the book Design for Play in 1969.
Designing the essential and the unseen | Tate Ryan-Mosley | September 8, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
But that was probably the least unique thing about her childhood.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom | Marlow Stern | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the actor says his childhood experience plays a critical role in his performance.
My parents are building a mausoleum for themselves in my childhood home.
Colfer's artistic callings share a common thread: they are deeply personal and rooted in a challenging childhood.
Chris Colfer on Writing, Acting, and the Pain of Being A Pop Culture Trailblazer | Oliver Jones | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
Children's Ways | James SullyHe sympathized with that movement which, during his childhood, culminated in the Cavite Conspiracy (vide p. 106).
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodWhen I am an old maid I am going to mount the platform and preach the training of the voice in childhood.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonExcept, therefore, for an interval of about three years my childhood and youth were spent at Derby.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for childhood
/ (ˈtʃaɪldhʊd) /
the condition of being a child; the period of life before puberty
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