"emerging adult" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: emerging adults [plural]
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  1. (psychology, sociology, medicine, often attributive) In some conceptions of human life phases, a member of the subset of adults who, although postadolescent (having passed the age of majority), retain some aspects of mental or emotional immaturity. Tags: attributive, often Categories (topical): Medicine, Psychology, Sociology

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