Another word for childhood
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Noun
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- The state of being pubescent.
- The attainment or onset of puberty.
- A covering of soft down or short hairs, as on certain plants and insects.
- The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.
- the state or time of being a girl
- girls collectively
- the state or time of being a boy
- boys collectively
- The state or period of infancy.
- The state or condition of being under legal age.
- The period during which one is under legal age.
- A period of immaturity:
- The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to adulthood.
- A similar period in nonhuman animals, ending at sexual maturity.
- A transitional period of development between an initial or early phase and an established or mature phase:
- the quality or state of being junior, as in age or rank
- The quality or condition of being juvenile; youthfulness.
- Foolishly juvenile behavior or character; immaturity.
- An instance of juvenile behavior.
- The state or period of being a pupil.
- The smaller in number of two groups forming a whole.
- A group or party having fewer than a controlling number of votes.
- A racial, religious, political, national, or other group thought to be different from the larger group of which it is part.
- The condition or quality of being young:
- The time of life between childhood and maturity:
- An early period of development or existence:
- The earliest period of childhood, especially before the ability to walk has been acquired.
- The state of being an infant.
- An early stage of existence:
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