About The Word Adolescence
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Adolescence
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What's The Definition Of Adolescence?
[n] in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
[n] the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood Synonyms | Synonyms for Adolescence: Related Terms | Find terms related to Adolescence: See Also | genital phase | genital stage | immatureness | immaturity | puberty | pubescence | time of life | youth Adolescence In Webster's Dictionary \Ad`o*les"cence\, n. [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.]
The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or
womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and
maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from
fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the
lower animals.
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