Infancy synonyms

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babyhood
The state or period of infancy.
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early-childhood
A stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.
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cradle
The earliest period of life:
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start
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
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early stages
Any period of beginning
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childhood (related)
The state or time of being a child; esp., the period from infancy to puberty
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origin (related)
(Anat.) The less movable of the two points of attachment of a muscle, usually the end attached to the more rigid part of the skeleton
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minority
(Politics, used attributively of a party, government, etc.) Empowered by or representing a minority (usually a plurality) of votes cast, legislative seats, etc., rather than an outright majority thereof.
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nonage
The period during which one is under legal age.
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youth (related)
Young people considered as a group.
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outset
The beginning or initial stage of something
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opening
A gap, breach, or aperture:
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law (related)
An impromptu or extralegal system of justice substituted for established judicial procedure:
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beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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immaturity
Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown
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inception
The definition of inception is the beginning.
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incunabulum
A book printed before 1501; an incunable.
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pupilage
The condition of being a pupil
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adolescence (related)
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adulthood (related)
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old age (related)
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Infancy 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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