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youngness

youngness

4.2
The state of being young
  • noun
  • /ˈjʌŋnəs/
translation icon : juventud
  • Marsha liked the wildness and youngness of this story, but it made her feel sad; she said she didn't know why.

Examples

  • In her youngness, she was full of dreams and hopes for the future.

  • "and everything like that, everything leading to youngness."

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

  • " Youngness, youth, beauty.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The youngness of the new plant made it vibrant and full of potential.

  • The youngness of the athletes was evident in their energy and enthusiasm during the competition.

Synonyms

youth
vsyoungness
104 1.1

The state of being young and full of energy

is the general condition of having few years or being at an early stage
youthfulness
vsyoungness
3 3.8

Being young and full of energy

is the general condition of having few years or early development
juvenility
vsyoungness
9.0

Being inexperienced and not mature

is the neutral condition of few years or early stage without implying inexperience

Antonyms

oldness
1 4.0

How long a person or thing has been around

agedness
  • Archaic
8.7

The state of being old in people or things

How Young

infancy
35 3.7
childhood
687 1.0
youth
164 1.0
youngness
4.2
adulthood
61 3.1
middle age
10 2.2
old age
109 2.0

Surface Forms

youngness singular
youngnesses plural

Morphology

youngness = young (transparent) = young + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'young' with '-ness' yielding the state or quality of being young; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Youngness comes from the adjective young, meaning 'not old', plus the ending -ness, meaning 'state' or 'quality', as in happiness. So youngness means the 'state of being young'.