postadolescence

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noun

The period of life following adolescence.

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Meanings

nounpostadolescence (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe period of life following adolescence.

    The theme of ambition permeates the new season, although it detracts not at all from the show’s canny sense that there’s no such thing as postadolescence: you’re a teenager until you start having biopsies and paying a mortgage.

    2008 March 24, Ginia Bellafante, “Career Climbing, With Claws Bared”, in New York Times

Origin

From post- + adolescence.

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APA

postadolescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postadolescence

MLA

“postadolescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postadolescence. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postadolescence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postadolescence.

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