(n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). Adolescence. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/adolescence/definitions/1971103 |
| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "Adolescence" http://smartdefine.org/adolescence/definitions/1971103 (accessed October 2, 2026). |
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| MLA | Webster's. "Adolescence" 27 May 2011. Web. 2 October 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/adolescence/definitions/1971103> |