Coming-of-age

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood. not-comparable

    "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival."

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"Tom came to the coming-of-age ceremony in super flashy haori and hakama."

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