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early-childhood
A stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.
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  1. A stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.
cradle
Wooden or metal framework to support or lift a boat, ship, aircraft, etc. that is being built or repaired
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  1. Wooden or metal framework to support or lift a boat, ship, aircraft, etc. that is being built or repaired
  2. (--- Agric.) A frame fastened to a scythe (cradle scythe) so that the grain can be laid evenly as it is cut
  3. (--- Med.) A frame for keeping bedclothes from touching an injured limb, etc.
outset
The beginning or initial stage of something
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  1. The beginning or initial stage of something
  2. The initial stage of something; the beginning:
  3. A setting out; beginning; start
start
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
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  1. An act of beginning; an initial effort:
  2. A position of advantage over others, as in a race or an endeavor; a lead:
  3. An instance of beginning a race:
opening
The act or an instance of becoming open or being made to open:
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  1. The act or an instance of becoming open or being made to open:
  2. A gap, breach, or aperture:
  3. Start of operations; formal beginning
minority
A group having little power or representation relative to other groups within a society.
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  1. A group having little power or representation relative to other groups within a society.
  2. (Law) The state or period of being younger than the age for legal adulthood:
  3. A group, party, or faction with a smaller number of votes or adherents than the majority
nonage
A period of immaturity:
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  1. A period of immaturity:
  2. The period during which one is under legal age.
  3. (Law) The state of being under the lawful age for doing certain things, as marrying
Find another word for infancy. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for infancy, like: babyhood, early-childhood, cradle, outset, start, opening, early stages, childhood, origin, minority and nonage.

Sentence Examples

  • His two sons had died in infancy, and his successor was his only legitimate child, Mary.

  • The Birth and Infancy of John and of Jesus.

  • In the infancy of the Roman republic its revenues were of the kind usual in such communities.

  • Factories are still in infancy, but silk is spun.

  • By her first husband she had no children, by her second a son who died in infancy, and a daughter, Jeanne d'Albret, who became the mother of Henry IV.

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