adulthood

plural adulthoods

1. uncountableusuallyThe state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.

   Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.

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   Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)

   Antonyms: childhood, adolescence, boyhood, girlhood

2. uncountableusuallyThe time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

   The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

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   Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)

   The things learned in childhood affect us throughout our adulthood.

   Antonyms: childhood, adolescence, boyhood, girlhood