"coming of age" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: comings of age [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|comings of age}} coming of age (usually uncountable, plural comings of age)
  1. A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood. Wikipedia link: coming of age Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: coming-of-age Translations (person's journey from childhood to adulthood): 成年 (chéngnián) (Chinese Mandarin), kasvu (Finnish), kasvaminen (Finnish), passage à l’âge adulte [masculine] (French), Erwachsenwerden [neuter] (German), felnőtté válás/érés (Hungarian), felnövés (Hungarian), felnövekedés (Hungarian), (il) diventare maggiorenne [masculine] (Italian), raggiungimento dell'età adulta [masculine] (Italian), amadurecimento [masculine] (Portuguese), mognad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coming_of_age-en-noun-lqpmnccS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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