adolescence
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolescentia, from adolescens (“young”); see adolescent.
Noun [edit]
adolescence (countable and uncountable; plural adolescences)
- The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
- During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.
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period between childhood and maturity
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External links [edit]
- adolescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- adolescence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
adolescence f (plural adolescences)
