prechildhood

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noun

A period before childhood.

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Meanings

nounprechildhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA period before childhood.

    Shen's autobiography integrates bizarre aspects of his childhood and prechildhood into the first part of the text that covers the background of his birth or young childhood before his participation in the military.

    1991, Wendy Larson, Literary Authority and the Modern Chinese Writer, page 66

Origin

From pre- + childhood.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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