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Recent Examples of preadolescence
Like his early childhood in Omaha, Nebraska; his troubled preadolescence in Lansing, Michigan; and his immersion in street-corner politics in 1950s Harlem, Malcolm’s coming-of-age in Boston shaped his radicalism as profoundly as the Nation of Islam and his 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca did.
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Kerri Greenidge, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2020
Instead, the rats concerned acted normally until given their preadolescence doses of THC.
—The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
Yet there’s no better example of the genius of Big Mouth—a comedy that nails the sophomoric physical humor of preadolescence but whose hilarious portrait of puberty is really a mirror held up to adult sexuality—more than what follows.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 Oct. 2019
Kerri Greenidge, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2020
Instead, the rats concerned acted normally until given their preadolescence doses of THC.
—The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
Yet there’s no better example of the genius of Big Mouth—a comedy that nails the sophomoric physical humor of preadolescence but whose hilarious portrait of puberty is really a mirror held up to adult sexuality—more than what follows.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preadolescence
Noun
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Over time, the film builds an intimate chronicle of war, exile, and growth, as Israa faces the challenges of adolescence, identity, and belonging far from home.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
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His daughter, meanwhile, is reckoning with a changing social and technological world Malcolm never experienced in adolescence.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One of the gifts the delegation presented to the pope was a plaque with a photo of his boyhood home in Dolton.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Just three blocks north of that spot brings you to James Whitcomb Riley’s boyhood home and museum.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There are some parts of girlhood not even tragedy can suppress.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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In rural Costa Rica, Laura steps out of girlhood and into the world of adults.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Preadolescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preadolescence. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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