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Adolescence

//ˌædəˈlɛsəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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). countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom"

  2. 2
    in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood wordnet
  3. 3
    the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood wordnet

Etymology

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

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