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     • n. a fully grown person; adult.
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   What does it mean if someone is grown-up?

   • If you say that someone is grown-up, you mean that they behave in an adult way, often when they are in fact still a child. She's very grown-up. Grown-up things seem suitable for or typical of adults. Her songs tackle grown-up subjects. She talked in a grown-up manner.

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   What does it mean if a child is a grown-up?

   • Children, or people talking to children, often refer to adults as grown-ups. Try to speak like a grown-up. Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult. I have grown-up children who are doing well.

   GROWNUP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What is a grown-up syllable?

   • Word forms: grown-ups language note: The spelling grownup is also used. The syllable up is not stressed when it is a noun. A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children. Jan was almost a grown-up. Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.

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   Why do people perceive themselves as adult?

   • Thus, people may perceive themselves as adult because they know themselves to be members of ‘adult’ socio-demographic groups, including married, parent, and long-term career, even though they do not consider such group memberships per se as defining characteristics of adulthood.

   Perceptions of Adulthood: What Does it Mean to be Grown-Up?

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   How old do people feel when they reach adulthood?

   • For example, in a sample of 515 US participants, 86% of those aged between 30 and 55 years reported feeling that they had reached adulthood, but only 46% of people aged 18 to 29 years, and 19% of adolescents aged between 13 and 17 years old classified themselves as adults (Arnett, 2001).

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   How do we define adulthood?

   • Our participants defined adulthood predominantly through psychological characteristics, for example “Accepting responsibility for the consequences of my actions” (endorsed by 80% of the sample), rather than by socio-demographic milestones which were endorsed by only 22–40% of participants.

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3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGROWNUP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.

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     Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature...

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGROWN UP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   If you say that someone is grown up, you mean that they are an adult or that they behave in a responsible way: He seems very grown up for a ten-year-old. This book is a bit too grown up for you (= you are too young to understand this book). [ before noun ] She has two grown-up children who work in the family business.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › grown-upGROWN-UP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.

6. psyche.co › ideas › legal-definitions-aside-whatLegal definitions aside – what makes you think you’re an adult?

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   Nov 28, 2023 · One was to assess how ‘adult’ our participants felt, and how that related to their ages and life circumstances. To find this out, we asked them how much they agreed with statements such as ‘I feel like an adult’, ‘Other people consider me an adult’, and ‘I think of myself as a grown-up person.’.

7. www.psychologytoday.com › us › articlesWhat Does It Mean to Be A Grown-Up? - Psychology Today

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   Many of us know someone from our past who never reached that goal, someone who spends life constantly partying and avoiding responsibility. When I encounter non-adults, I tend to pity them and...

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   Mar 6, 2024 · The subjective adult status scale includes the items: “I feel like an adult”, “I no longer feel like a child”, “Other people consider me an adult”, “Other people treat me like a child” (reverse-scored), and “I think of myself as a grown-up person”.

9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › grownupGrownup - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   noun. a fully developed person from maturity onward. synonyms: adult. see more. a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult. a person who takes a position in the political center. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)