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prechildhood

prechildhood noun: a period before childhood.

Noun

prechildhood (uncountable)

  1. A period before childhood.
    • Shen's autobiography integrates bizarre aspects of his childhood and prechildhood into the first part of the text that covers the background of his birth or young childhood before his participation in the military.1991, Wendy Larson, Literary Authority and the Modern Chinese Writer, page 66

Origin of prechildhood

From pre- + childhood.

Questions about prechildhood

What does prechildhood mean?
Prechildhood means a period before childhood.
What part of speech is prechildhood?
Prechildhood is a noun.

Words near prechildhood in the dictionary

  1. prechews
  2. prechiamatic
  3. prechiasmal
  4. prechiasmatic
  5. prechiasmic
  6. prechildhood
  7. prechill
  8. prechilled
  9. prechilling
  10. prechills
  11. prechipped

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