childhood

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.

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childhood

Noun

the time or condition of being a child

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 puerility immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity

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childhood

noun youth, minority, infancy, schooldays, immaturity, boyhood or girlhood

Translations

childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] n → niñez f; infancia

childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] child n → enfance f

childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] child n → Kindheit f

childhood [ˈtʃaɪldhud] n → infanzia