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单词 teendom
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teendomn.

Brit. /ˈtiːndəm/, U.S. /ˈtindəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teen n.2, -dom suffix.
Etymology: < teen n.2 + -dom suffix. Compare earlier teenhood n. at teen n.2 Derivatives.
Originally U.S.
The state or condition of being a teenager. Also (with singular agreement): teenagers collectively.
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1858 Daily Commercial Reg. (Sandusky, Ohio) 20 Aug. Is it not equally true, that the maidens of our day exercise as absolute sway over masculine teendom, as their mothers do in the nursery?
1901 Bk. News Oct. 69/1 In the halcyon days of my teen-dom..my greatest delight was to snuggle up..with a good book.
1962 Amer. Q. 14 155 This ambiguous commitment of the American people to the aggressive ‘spontaneity’ of teendom..has its most adverse effect in the confused and confusing directives that devolve from it upon American youth.
1989 Jackie 11 Nov. 40/3 Young Kevin..is experiencing the ‘growing pains’ of approaching teendom.
2003 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 6 Feb. Her sister Debbie (Danielle Harris) epitomises US teendom—self-obsessed, ratty, cool with cosmetics, bored.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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