Antonyms for childhood
ˈtʃaɪld hʊdchild·hood

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1. • Immaturity
   • Time Of Life

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1. childhoodnoun

   the time of person's life when they are a child

   Synonyms:
   puerility

2. childhood, puerilitynoun

   the state of a child between infancy and adolescence

   Synonyms:
   puerility, childishness

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1. childhoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   nonage, infancy, minority, impuberty, pupilage

How to use childhood in a sentence?

1. Mading Maker:

   I was born in a war -- a civil war, so there's no such thing as childhood.

2. Jonathan Shenkin:

   This study simply adds to the body of evidence that associates secondhand smoke and an increased risk of tooth decay among children, tooth decay is the most common chronic disease in childhood.

3. Robert Blecker:

   She needs to have them look at him not as this one-dimensional monster, but as a multi-dimensional human being who had a difficult childhood with divorcing parents from another country whose brother became a surrogate father.

4. Claudia Florescu:

   We realized pollution levels in our neighborhood are sharply above limits, this is where our children are playing, this is where their childhood is happening and it has made us increasingly concerned, it is the only green space we can use in our neighborhood.

5. Meg Cox:

   We carry these traditions forward from our childhood, some of us are pretty emotional about them. And yet I think there's nothing wrong with having a sense of play about it.

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