childlessness
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪldləsnəs/
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falta de hijos
- Just as Grey and I refuse to hide our infertility and childlessness, so too do we refuse to make those with children feel unworthy.
- increasing childlessness
So what we're seeing is, yeah, there is some rise in intended childlessness.
- So what we're seeing is, yeah, there is some rise in intended childlessness.
- They're not looking at women's isolation and the childlessness for people who want children.
Examples
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Confronted with either singleness and childlessness or family and procreation, some bucked tradition and married across cultural lines.
Academic text (2003) -
So what we have here is what I'm calling an unplanned childlessness crisis.
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A subculture of childlessness has already developed in these countries; many people choose to have no children at all.
Academic text (2012) -
Childlessness, whether it be a result of infertility or intentionality, helped Nne Uko to cultivate and maintain her status as a brave woman.
Academic text (1998) -
Long-term childlessness is usually a sign of infertility because almost all Igbo couples wish to conform to the expectation of parenthood soon after marriage.
Academic text (2001) -
Many couples today embrace childlessness as a personal choice for their lifestyle.
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The increasing rates of childlessness in urban areas may reflect changing societal values.
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Childlessness can sometimes lead to feelings of isolation in communities focused on family life.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Childlessness comes from the simple parts child + less + -ness, where less means 'without' (as in fatherless or hopeless) and -ness turns it into a word for a 'state'. So, childlessness is the 'state of being without children'.