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Definitions for: Childhood
[n] the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
[n] the time of person's life when they are a child
Webster (1913) Definition: Child"hood (ch[imac]ld"h[oo^]d), n. [AS. cildh[=a]d;
cild child + -h[=a]d. See Child, and -hood.]
1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are
children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
I have walked before you from my childhood. --1.
Sam. xii. 2.
2. Children, taken collectively. [R.]
The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W.
Scott.
3. The commencement; the first period.
The childhood of our joy. --Shak.
Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable
from old age.
Synonyms: puerility
See Also: anal phase, anal stage, boyhood, girlhood, immatureness, immaturity, latency period, latency phase, latency stage, maidenhood, maidhood, phallic phase, phallic stage, prepuberty, time of life
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