childhood

Noun
  1. The time of person's life when they are a child (synset 115172057)
    is a type of: time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
    subtypes:
    has:
    • anal phase, anal stage - (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
    • latency period, latency phase, latency stage - (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
    • phallic phase, phallic stage - (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
    • prepuberty - a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur
  2. The state of a child between infancy and adolescence (synset 114450469)
    is a type of: immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity
    same as: puerility

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