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childhood

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child·hood  (chldhd)
n.
1. The time or state of being a child.
2. The early stage in the existence or development of something: the childhood of Western civilization.

childhood
Noun
the time or condition of being a child
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Noun1.childhood - the time of person's life when they are a child
time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
anal phase, anal stage - (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
latency period, latency phase, latency stage - (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 phase, phallic stage - (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
girlhood, maidenhood, maidhood - the childhood of a girl
boyhood - the childhood of a boy
prepuberty - a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur
2.childhood - the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity

childhood
noun youth, minority, infancy, schooldays, immaturity, boyhood or girlhood
Translations
childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] nniñez f; infancia
childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] child nenfance f
childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] child nKindheit f
childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] ninfanzia


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Early in my childhood I learned that nuts came from the grocer, berries from the fruit man; but before ever that knowledge was mine, in my dreams I picked nuts from trees, or gathered them and ate them from the ground underneath trees, and in the same way I ate berries from vines and bushes.
Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and dies a Penitent.
Immoral, licentious, anarchical, unscientific -- call them by what names you will -- yet, from an aesthetic point of view, those ancient days of the Colour Revolt were the glorious childhood of Art in Flatland -- a childhood, alas, that never ripened into manhood, nor even reached the blossom of youth.
 
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