adulthood
21adulthood — noun 1. the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑maturity • Derivationally related forms: ↑mature (for: ↑maturity), ↑adult …
22Emerging adulthood — is a phase of the life span between adolescence and full fledged adulthood, proposed by Jeffrey Arnett in a 2000 article in the American Psychologist ( [http://content.apa.org/journals/amp/55/5/469 summary of article] ). A quote from this article …
23movement toward adulthood — index growth (evolution) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
24linear IgA dermatosis of adulthood — an autoimmune skin disorder usually seen in adults over age 60, clinically resembling bullous pemphigoid. Characteristics include deposition of immunoglobulin A in lines along the dermoepidermal junction, forming vesicular bullous lesions. Cf.… …
25Seijin shiki — Adulthood rite; coming of age ceremony. A rite performed at the shrine on the assumption of (modern) adulthood at age 20 …
26adult — adulthood, n. adultlike, adj. adultly, adv. adultness, n. /euh dult , ad ult/, adj. 1. having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant. 2. of, pertaining to, or befitting adults. 3. intended for adults; …
27human behaviour — Introduction the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …
28Sharan Merriam — BiographySharan Merriam Presently on the faculty in Adult Education at the University of Georgia in Athens, where her responsibilities include teaching graduate courses in adult education and qualitative research methods, and supervising graduate …
29Developmental psychology — Child Psychology redirects here. For the song by Black Box Recorder, see Child Psychology (song). For the journal, see Developmental Psychology (journal). Psychology …
30Adult — For the 2008 British film by Noel Clarke see Adulthood (film). The term adult has three distinct meanings. It indicates a grown man or woman. It may also mean a plant or animal that has reached full growth, or one who is legally of age; as… …
