Meaning of grown-upness | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [C1]
Examples
“Just ordinary parents who think⟳ that what they are doing is "right" and continue⟳ to insist on their rightness, because they cannot modulate what is real to their "grown-upness" by accessing another part of themselves that knows what it is like⟳.”
“My grown-upness was not such a shock⟳.”
“Either of our own⟳ choosing or sometimes it is forced upon us, we lose⟳ our childish innocence and take⟳ on false “grown-upness.””
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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