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grownupness

grownupness noun: adulthood; maturity.

Noun

grownupness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Adulthood; maturity.
    • Look, the point is, we'll tell them anything we want, and we'll lead our lives any way we want, because we're the ones who will be grownup, and grownupness will work around us, not vice versa.1991, Melanie Thernstrom, The Dead Girl, →ISBN, page 167
    • Perhaps one of the triggers to a midlife self-transition is the recognition that this “grownupness” may never happen, that it is a myth.2011, Mary Anderson, PhD, Jane Goodman, PhD, Nancy K. Schlossberg, EdD, Counseling Adults in Transition, →ISBN, page 108

Forms of grownupness

alternative formgrown-upness
alternative formgrown-up-ness

Origin of grownupness

From grownup + -ness.

Questions about grownupness

What does grownupness mean?
Grownupness means adulthood; maturity.
What part of speech is grownupness?
Grownupness is a noun.

Words near grownupness in the dictionary

  1. growne
  2. grownies
  3. grownish
  4. grownt
  5. grownup
  6. grownupness
  7. grownups
  8. growroom
  9. growrooms
  10. grows
  11. grows a custom

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