middlescence
Definitions
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- noun The period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.
Examples
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Second adulthood then begins in the mid-forties, starting with "middlescence," a period of experimentation akin to a second adolescence, from the mid-forties to around fifty.
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Psychologists describe the mid-life transition as “middlescence”—the second coming of adolescence, without the complexion problems.
Note
The word 'middlescence' comes from 'middle' and the suffix '-escence'.
