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Youngness

The quality or state of being young.

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Broader term 1

Age 76% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 4

Childishness 76% connected

The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

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Juvenility 76% connected

Youthfulness; adolescence.

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Puerility 76% connected

The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.

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Youth 76% connected

of Youth

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Immature 74% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Immature 74% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Young 74% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Young 74% connected

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Oldness 94% connected

The state or quality of being old; old age.

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Oldness 94% connected

The state or quality of being old; old age.

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