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emerging adults

emerging adults is the plural of emerging adult.

Meaning of emerging adult

Noun

emerging adult (plural emerging adults)

  1. (attributive, often) In some conceptions of human life phases, a member of the subset of adults who, although postadolescent (having passed the age of majority), retain some aspects of mental or emotional immaturity.
    • Near-synonym: young adult
    Synonyms:
    young adult

Questions about emerging adults

What is emerging adults the plural of?
Emerging adults is the plural of emerging adult.

Words near emerging adults in the dictionary

  1. emergetic
  2. emergicenter
  3. emergicenters
  4. emerging
  5. emerging adult
  6. emerging adults
  7. emerging market
  8. emerging markets
  9. emergingly
  10. emergings
  11. emergy

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