adolescent (noun)

  • 101minor — mi·nor 1 n: a person who has not yet reached the age of majority compare adult, juvenile, major minor 2 adj 1 a: being less important or serious …

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  • 102bread-and-butter — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: bread and butter 1. now chiefly Britain : adolescent : marked by the weakness, naïveté, or forcelessness of a juvenile : schoolgirlish 2. a …

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  • 103Rumspringa — (also Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa, derived from the Deitsch term for running around ) generally refers to a period of adolescence for members of the Amish, a subsect of the Anabaptist Christian movement, that begins around the age of sixteen and… …

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  • 104Homosexuality — Sexual orientation Orientations Asexual · Bisexual · Heterosexual · Homosexual …

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  • 105child — /tSaIld/ noun (C) plural children 1 YOUNG PERSON a young person from the time they are born until they are aged 14 or 15: We ve always competed, ever since we were children. | Can you sell me a bike suitable for a seven year old child? | as a… …

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  • 106ad·o·les·cent — /ˌædəˈlɛsn̩t/ noun, pl cents [count] : a young person who is developing into an adult : a young person who is going through adolescence Their children are now adolescents. a troubled adolescent adolescent adj an adolescent …

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  • 107Child development stages — See also: Parenting and Family Child development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories. This …

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  • 108a|dult´ness — a|dult «uh DUHLT, AD uhlt; see note below», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having full size and strength; full grown; fully developed; grown up: »an adult person, an adult animal or plant. SYNONYM(S): mature. 2. of, for, or by grown up people: »adult… …

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  • 109a|dult´ly — a|dult «uh DUHLT, AD uhlt; see note below», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having full size and strength; full grown; fully developed; grown up: »an adult person, an adult animal or plant. SYNONYM(S): mature. 2. of, for, or by grown up people: »adult… …

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  • 110a|dult — «uh DUHLT, AD uhlt; see note below», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having full size and strength; full grown; fully developed; grown up: »an adult person, an adult animal or plant. SYNONYM(S): mature. 2. of, for, or by grown up people: »adult books,… …

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