What does childhood mean?
Childhood means (chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child..
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/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/ · noun
(chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child..
To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control.
He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
the childhood of our joy
Use childhood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Childhood means (chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child..
Common synonyms include puerility.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control.
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