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adulthood

[ uh-duhlt-hood ]

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noun

the state or period of being fully grown, fully developed, or of age:
My mother raised four children to adulthood.

It is hardly a rejection of adulthood, rather a momentary escape from routine.

To appreciate the Palmer paradox, it's important to understand that Palmer's childhood and young adulthood were dichotomous.

The moral duties and doubts of adulthood are swapped out for the histrionic creeds of adolescence.

The play, set in 1982, depicts the struggles of three privileged slackers to come to terms with impending adulthood.

As an adulthood now living out his passion, his dedication sometimes borders on obsession.

No one of these characters alone was accepted as proof of adulthood but only the three in combination.

Reproductive-wise, there is no question as to adulthood; each of the four females was pregnant.

The idea of education as preparation and of adulthood as a fixed limit of growth are two sides of the same obnoxious untruth.

The Youth, advanced to adulthood, proceeded to steal things of still greater value.

Dombey and Son is full of appeals for the tender sympathy of adulthood for childhood.

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