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Complete Definition of "adulthood"

English

Etymology
adult + -hood

Noun
adulthood

  1. rfd-sense Sphinx's riddle That part of life during which one walks on two legs.
  2. The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for ones own actions and well-being.

#: The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

Translations
trans-top|time of life
German: Erwachsenenalter n
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Antonyms
childhood

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