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n. A person who has achieved sexual maturity but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience
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A young adult is generally a person in the age range of 20 to 39 (or 40), although definitions and opinions, such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development, vary. The young adult stage in human development precedes middle adulthood. A person in the middle adulthood stage ages from 40 (or 41) to 64. In old age, a person is 65 years old or older.
Young adult may refer to:
- Young adult (psychology)
- Young adult fiction, works targeted at ages 14 to 21
- Young Adult (film), a 2011 film
- Youth
Young Adult is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman, from a screenplay written by Diablo Cody, and starring Charlize Theron. Reitman and Cody worked together previously on Juno (2007). Young Adult had a limited release on December 9, 2011, and a wide release on December 16 to generally positive reviews.
Usage examples of "young adult".
This is the one that I told you about long ago, I believe-a Man-from-Mars job, infant survivor of first expedition to Mars is fetched back ty second expedition as a young adult, never having seen a human being in his life, most especially never having seen a woman or heard of sex.
This is the one that I told you about long ago, I believea Man-from-Mars job, infant survivor of first expedition to Mars is fetched back ty second expedition as a young adult, never having seen a human being in his life, most especially never having seen a woman or heard of sex.
Inevitably the time had come when the establishment's most advanced medical and mechanical aids were no longer capable of extending its life, even though its level of mentation remained as sharp and clear as that of a young adult.
Even then it was quite unlike the intense bereavement experienced when a child or young adult met an untimely death.
A young adult sat behind a desk there, a telephone and long sheet of paper in front of him.
She had always thought it odd that elves seemed fascinated by babies, but considering what Windwolf had said, a young adult elf may have never seen an infant in his or her life.
That, for a young adult Hudlar, would be an intensely frustrating and unhappy condition to be in.
She was only seven or eight years old at the tune, but had matured rapidly because of her animal parent, and was now a young adult.
She was only seven or eight years old at the time, but had matured rapidly because of her animal parent, and was now a young adult.
By now he had an audience of wide-eyed youngsters, ranging in age from child to young adult.