coming of age en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
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(figuratively, uncountable, usually) A maturation; a transition from an inchoate state to a developed state.
Reasoning of this sort presumes that a significant group in the population has become aware not only of its own existence, but of its rights and power. The riot, I can't help feeling, marks a kind of political coming of age for homosexuals in San Francisco and, vicariously, throughout, the country.
1979 June 9, Paul Robinson, “Gays in the Streets”, in The New Republic:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| comings of age | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
hu felnövekedés (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · hu felnövés (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · fr passage à l'âge adulte (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · cmn 成年 (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · hu felnőtté válás/érés (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · pl osiągnięcie dojrzałości (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · it raggiungimento dell'età adulta (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · fi kasvaminen (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · it (il) diventare maggiorenne (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · de Erwachsenwerden (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · sv mognad (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · fi kasvu (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · pt amadurecimento (person's journey from childhood to adulthood) · ru переходный возраст (person's journey from childhood to adulthood)