Childhood

Word CHILDHOOD
Character 9
Hyphenation child hood
Pronunciations /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/

Definitions and meanings of "Childhood"

What do we mean by childhood?

The time or state of being a child. noun

The early stage in the existence or development of something. noun

The state of being a child, or the time during which a person is termed a child; the time from birth to puberty; in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to boyhood or girlhood; the period during which constant maternal care continues to be needed. noun

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. noun

Children, taken collectively. noun

The commencement; the first period. noun

The state of being feeble and incapable from old age. noun

The state of being a child. noun

The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty. noun

The early stages of development of something. noun

The time of person's life when they are a child noun

The state of a child between infancy and adolescence noun

The state of being a child.

The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.

(by extension) The early stages of development of something.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Childhood

The word "childhood" in example sentences

Inasmuch as the symptoms of this latter come to differ from those of childhood proper, not abruptly, but gradually, the first years, at least, of youth will often come under our consideration, and I shall speak of this period of life as the _third period of childhood_. ❋ Albert Moll (1900)

If we consider how essential to such a masterpiece is inoculation of belief in the tender age of childhood, the system of missions appears no longer merely as the height of human importunity, arrogance, and impertinence, but also of absurdity; in so far as it does not confine itself to people who are still in the stage of _childhood_, such as the Hottentots, Kaffirs, ❋ Arthur Schopenhauer (1824)

At the time, the term childhood obesity was not making headlines, but the running community, usually ahead of the curve when it comes to health issues, felt that kids were in need of an extra push to get out and work their bodies. ❋ Marc Bloom (2009)

The term childhood obesity is most often used to describe the rising problem of childhood overweight. ❋ Bridget Swinney (2007)

Like many others of the past few generations, my introduction to the works of Lewis Carroll came to me in childhood from the hegemony of Walt Disney. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So much for the notion that “chubbiness” in childhood is something that is cute and just a sign of a “healthy” appetite. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Increased fat in childhood is a known risk for being overweight in adulthood. ❋ Sarah Boseley (2010)

I doubt that it gave any noticeable benefit - making up for what has been missed in childhood is very difficult. ❋ Unknown (2004)

A few cigarettes, a few mouthfuls of meat, a few annas pilfered in childhood from the maidservant, two visits to a brothel (on each occasion he got away without “doing anything”), one narrowly escaped lapse with his landlady in Plymouth, one outburst of temperthat is about the whole collection. ❋ Unknown (1949)

And either was ever ready to listen to the smallest of these little mysteries, knowing that nothing in childhood is too trivial for the notice, too foolish for the sympathy, of those on whom the Father of all men has bestowed the holy dignity of parenthood. ❋ Unknown (1897)

So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. ❋ Sean O (2010)

You say, somewhere in your childhood is a gaping hole. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Hijda too seeks love and most hijda childhood is a ruptured reminder of their past, a past of child abuse rape and sodomy. - in most cases. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Assembling a humanoid creature perhaps by stitching together pieces of human corpses, perhaps by the use of a chemical, apparatus or a combination of both (he avoids the question three times when asked, though the fact that he noted lightning striking down a tree in his childhood is a prominent clue), Frankenstein successfully brings it to life only to be repulsed and terrified by its monstrous ugliness. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It's Me, Margaret for the first time in thirty years meant realizing anew that the world of my childhood is as distant and unrecoverable as that of the Etruscans. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The stage of being which we call childhood had an endless charm for Sir George Grey, and often that drew him back to his own early years. ❋ Milne, James, 1865- (1911)

The stage of being which we call childhood had an endless charm for Sir ❋ James Milne (1908)

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