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Meaning of "adultness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ADULTNESS

əˈdʌltnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADULTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adultness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ADULTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adultness in the English dictionary

The definition of adultness in the dictionary is the state or quality of being an adult; an impression of maturity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADULTNESS

adeptness · airtightness · colorfastness · concreteness · currentness · cuteness · definiteness · exactness · exquisiteness · finiteness · inappropriateness · incorrectness · inertness · legitimateness · occultness · privateness · saltness · svelteness · sweetness · up-to-dateness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADULTNESS

adult education · adult education centre · Adult Training Centre · adulterant · adulterate · adulteration · adulterator · adulterer · adulteress · adulteries · adulterine · adulterise · adulterize · adulterous · adulterously · adultery · adultescent · adulthood · adultly · adultress

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADULTNESS

alertness · aquafitness · brightness · business · correctness · expert witness · eyewitness · fitness · greatness · hotness · lightness · physical fitness · political correctness · promptness · robustness · shortness · softness · tartness · tightness · wetness · witness

Synonyms and antonyms of adultness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adultness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADULTNESS

Find out the translation of adultness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of adultness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adultness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

adultness
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

adultez
570 millions of speakers
en

English

adultness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

adultness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

adultness
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

взрослости
278 millions of speakers
pt

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adultness
270 millions of speakers
bn

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adultness
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

adultness
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Dewasa
190 millions of speakers
de

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adultness
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

adultness
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

adultness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Diwasa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

adultness
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

adultness
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रौढता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

erişkinlik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

adultità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

adultness
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дорослості
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

adultness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενηλικίωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

adultness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vuxenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adultness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adultness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADULTNESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of adultness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «adultness».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adultness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADULTNESS»

Discover the use of adultness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adultness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Adult and Continuing Education: Teaching, learning and research
He becomes an adult psychologically at the point at which his concept of himself changes from one of dependency to one of autonomy. That's what I think we mean psychologically by adultness. To be adult means to be self- directing. Now at ...
Peter Jarvis, Colin Griffin, 2003
2
Blackfire
Only 'adultness'is permitted in Bairnmoor.” Beatríz,wholoved words, quickly interjected her only seemingly unrelated question: “Why, Childheart, does thereexist childnessness, but apparentlynot adultnessness—only adultness?” “ Because ...
James Daniel Eckblad
3
Teen 2.0: Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment ...
Chapter 6 Adultness Teach your parents well, their children's hell will slowly go by, and feed them on your dreams, the one they fix, the one you'll know by. — Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, “Teach Your Children Well” Overview. Adults don't ...
Robert Epstein, 2010
4
Humanistic Management in Practice
Semco decided to manage this issue differently, in a more humane way, based on trust and adultness rather than mistrust. It is simple: if you treat humans like human beings, they will respond as such. Semler34 argues that “workers are adults, ...
Ernst Von Kimakowitz, Michael Pirson, Heiko Spitzeck, 2010
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Consumer-Led Food Product Development
... key determinant of adultness. If the brown colour is tinged with too much white, this diminishes adultness. Too black and it is not credible as milk chocolate. The optimum shade of brown for adultness is not optimum for sensory liking!
H MacFie, 2007
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Hiding from Love: How to Change the Withdrawal Patterns That ...
They sometimes have scrapes with the law because being under authority takes away their adultness in their minds. They can't conceive of the possibility that they can be under authority and still be an adult. Jesus' example of that possibility is ...
John Sims Townsend, 1996
7
101 Secrets For Your Twenties
adultness. KID AT HEART Yes, you need your coffee in the morning but only if it's onepart black, three-parts fluffy creme brulée creamer with a scoche of cinnamon, or one huge sleeve of hot cocoa mix you've hidden in your second desk ...
Paul Angone, 2013
8
The Human Stain
Though the story of how she'd come by the ring testified, if anything, to an audacious adultness, he would have thought the ring a frivolous indulgence, a sign that she lacked maturity. Except for the stray hope, she was sure that he was thinking ...
Philip Roth, 2010
9
Everyone's Choices: Wisdom, Respect, Success and Happiness
Much of the altercation between parents and young people is a result of tantrum against imperfect parents. The counselor's job is to bring Marcie to adultness, in spite what she believes about her parents. Imperfect parents may be residual ...
Ralph Robinson, 2004
10
The Transformational-Generative Paradigm and Modern ...
"banana" occupying the other. More generally, we hypothesize that the scale of " adultness" or "correctness" according to which a child's lexical items are measured essentially corresponds to the scale of the child's familiarity with these items.
E.F.K. Koerner, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADULTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adultness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Seret 2015 | Zero Motivation Review
Lavie's storytelling works so beautifully here because Zohar is constantly caught between childhood innocence and adultness – the story is ... «Front Row Reviews, Jun 15»
2
Drunk Begining
... challenges this paradigm with an endearing naïveté and enthusiasm that, in spite of our best efforts at gin martini-sipping demure adultness, ... «ecns, May 15»
3
Spring Fling becomes tradition for area middle school students
For 18 years now, young teenagers from the area have strut their way to St. Matthew's center to take another step toward adultness. The Spring ... «Sidney Herald Leader, May 15»
4
Trucking groups at odds over looming speed limiter rule
Heck, at that rate, who needs all those grown up truckers with their experience and adultness. Let's petition the FMCSABCDXYZ to phase out ... «Commercial Carrier Journal, Apr 15»
5
Allow video cameras in the Supreme Court
... is a debate of really extraordinarily intellectual adultness and richness…I think if you put cameras in the courtroom, people would say, “wow. «The Hill, Apr 15»
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Bradford Cox and the lesson of the ugly weirdo
Talking to the weirdos is not talking — talking requires patience and discipline and adultness — it's a fucking event. And so too is their music. «The Michigan Daily, Mar 15»
7
Back Before Children Looked Childish
There is an adultness in the dress and demeanor of the children. There is in the film little sense of a childhood as we know it today. The clip is ... «KTEP, Feb 15»
8
Let It Pour: A go-to Champagne
For years, I have avoided the question of which bubbly to have on hand – much as I have avoided polishing silver – because the adultness of ... «News & Observer, Dec 14»
9
Director Bob Clark: I'm Going to Kill You
... to sex and alcohol obsessed teenagers, "I wanted to use and emphasise the adultness of the college students – their playfulness, their spirit. «HorrorTalk, Dec 14»
10
Re-reading the books you loved as children
Will I now, in my state of cold-hearted adultness, find the story too cloyingly sentimental? Narnia...will I now find your world too fantastical? «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Adultness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/adultness>. May 2024 ».
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