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postadolescent en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English adolescent English postadolescent From post- + adolescent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring after a period of adolescence.
    • The let’s-try-anything, free-thinking society of 1968 evolved into a catastrophic blend of legitimate paranoia (Nixon did keep enemies lists, and the F.B.I. did infiltrate campuses) and postadolescent melodrama. 2007 June 17, Michael Goldfarb, “Where the Arts Were Too Liberal”, in New York Times:

postadolescent en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English adolescent English postadolescent From post- + adolescent.

Meanings

  1. One who has grown out of adolescence.

Forms

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