adulthood

== English == === Etymology === From adult +‎ -hood. === Pronunciation === === Noun === adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods) The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult. Antonyms: childhood; adolescence; boyhood, girlhood Hyponyms: manhood, womanhood Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate) The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death. Antonyms: childhood; adolescence; boyhood, girlhood Hyponyms: manhood, womanhood Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====