NOUN | time | childhood | the time of person's life when they are a child |
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state | childhood, puerility | the state of a child between infancy and adolescence |
Sounds | chay'ldhhuh.d | |
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Rhymes | adulthood ... wormwood: 60 rhymes with uhd... |
Meaning | The time of person's life when they are a child. | |
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Parts | anal stage, anal phase | (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social / social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned |
latency stage, latency phase, latency period | (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities | |
phallic stage, phallic phase | (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure | |
prepuberty | A period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur | |
Narrower | boyhood | The childhood of a boy |
girlhood, maidenhood, maidhood | The childhood of a girl / girl / girl | |
Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
Spanish | infancia, niñez | |
Catalan | infantesa | |
Nouns | child | a young person of either sex |
Meaning | The state of a child between infancy and adolescence. | |
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Synonym | puerility | |
Broader | immaturity, immatureness | not having reached maturity |
Spanish | infancia, niñez | |
Catalan | infància, infantesa | |
Nouns | child | a young person of either sex |
child | an immature childish person |
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