Antonyms for adolescence
ˌæd lˈɛs ənsado·les·cence

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   teendom, teenhood

2. adolescencenoun

   The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

   During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.

   Synonyms:
   teendom, teenhood

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1. • Immaturity
   • Time Of Life

Princeton's WordNet

1. adolescencenoun

   the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

2. adolescencenoun

   in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   nonage, juniority, minority, youth

How to use adolescence in a sentence?

1. Christiaan van der Spuy:

   Adolescence is a time of uncertainty, stuffed with expectations and glazed with rebellion

2. Alexander Springer:

   Generally speaking, minor forms of hypospadias may not be a major problem, we have to take care of children with severe hypospadias and follow them up to adolescence and beyond because we know that those are the ones that might need help and counseling later in life.

3. Georges Bernanos:

   What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.

4. Unknown:

   Adolescence is the stage between infancy and adultery.

5. Mexican American:

   It's very rare to find a study that follows individuals across early adolescence to middle age, and then as seniors, so that's really why we wanted to highlight this. We also want to think about how we counteract this trend, because these are behaviors that are modifiable.

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