Prechildhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A period before childhood. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pre- + childhood.

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