adolescence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).

/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adolescence.wav /ˌædəˈlesəns/ /ˌɛdəˈlesəns/

adolescence adolescences

From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.

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adolescent

middlescence postadolescence preadolescence

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