English-Dutch translations for adulthood

• volwassenheid
  Vandaag doet zich een belangrijke gebeurtenis voor, een overgang naar volwassenheid. What is happening today is an important event, a passage to adulthood.
  Geweld treft vrouwen in diverse levensfasen, van de kindertijd tot in de volwassenheid. Violence affects women at various times of life, from childhood to adulthood.
  Waarom doet deze internationale gemeenschap niets om zulke landen tot democratische volwassenheid te brengen?Why does this international community do nothing to bring such countries to democratic adulthood?

Definition of adulthood

• The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being

Examples

• The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

Related words

• adult
• adultery
• unadulterated
• adulteration
• adulterer
• adulterate
• adulteress
• adultish
• adulterated