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Definition of nonage in English: nonagenoun ˈnɒnɪdʒˈnəʊnɪdʒ formal The period of a person's immaturity or youth. 〈正式〉未成年期；青少年时期 Example sentencesExamples - Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage.
- But Strawson does not give a sufficiently illuminating account of the general capacities that are absent or compromised in such conditions as nonage or insanity, in virtue of which our reactive attitudes are affected.
Synonyms youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French nonage, from non- 'non-' + age 'age'. Definition of nonage in US English: nonagenoun formal The period of immaturity or youth. 〈正式〉未成年期；青少年时期 Example sentencesExamples - Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage.
- But Strawson does not give a sufficiently illuminating account of the general capacities that are absent or compromised in such conditions as nonage or insanity, in virtue of which our reactive attitudes are affected.
Synonyms youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French nonage, from non- ‘non-’ + age ‘age’. |