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teenageness

Syllables: teen·age·ness/ˈtiːn.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/US/ˈtin.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/

teenageness noun: the quality of being or being like a teenager.

Noun

teenageness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being or being like a teenager.
    • Your teen experience is so central to what Zen Buddhists call “this great matter of birth and death,” that to be fully awake to your teenageness is to be a genuinely spiritual person.2002, Franz Metcalf, Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens, page xii
    • I almost feel sorry for them but then I realize that their response to her teenageness is helping shape her for the future.2015, James Colson, Kassie Saga: Teenage Diplomat, →ISBN

Origin of teenageness

From teenage + -ness.

Questions about teenageness

What does teenageness mean?
Teenageness means the quality of being or being like a teenager.
What part of speech is teenageness?
Teenageness is a noun.
How do you pronounce teenageness?
Teenageness is pronounced /ˈtiːn.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/ (UK).

Words near teenageness in the dictionary

  1. Teena
  2. teenage
  3. teenaged
  4. teenagedom
  5. teenagehood
  6. teenageness
  7. teenager
  8. teenagerdom
  9. teenagerese
  10. teenagerhood
  11. teenagerhoods

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