Definitions for coming of age
com·ing of age

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1. coming of agenoun

   A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.

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1. Coming of age

   Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is associated with the age of sexual maturity (puberty), especially menarche and spermarche. In others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in western societies, modern legal conventions which stipulate points in around the end of adolescence and the beginning of early adulthood (most commonly 18, with the range being 16-21) when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult) are the focus of the transition. In either case, many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and coming-of-age stories are a well established sub-genre in literature, film industry, and other forms of media.

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1. Coming of age

   Coming of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is associated with the age of sexual maturity; in others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in western societies, modern legal conventions which stipulate points in late adolescence or early adulthood are the focus of the transition. In either case, many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and significant benefits come with the change. Coming of age is often a topic of fiction. In literature, a novel which deals with coming of age is called a bildungsroman. Similar stories told in film are called coming-of-age films.

How to pronounce coming of age?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say coming of age in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coming of age in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coming of age in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of coming of age in a Sentence

1. Andrew Neel:

   I think men have some stuff to work out so I think the world might be a better place if we tried to start having a dialogue about masculinity and male coming of age.

2. Mahmoud Sabbagh:

   I like to call my film a coming-of-age story rather than romantic comedy, i borrowed from so many genres in my film, because I said we are defining the perception of cinema, we have no precedents before us.

3. Jon Favreau:

   [ With ]' Star Wars,' part of that responsibility is remembering that part of your audience is a whole generation that's coming of age and, through stories, we express our values to the next generation, and so one of the things he said was not to lose sight that is the main audience for stories.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coming of age