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==Etymology==
Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere to [[grow]] up, from ad- + -olescere (from alescere to grow)
*Date: [http:/www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1531]
==Definitions==
1 : fully [[developed]] and [[mature]] : grown-up
2 : of, relating to, [[intended]] for, or befitting adults <an adult approach to a problem>
3 : dealing in or with explicitly [[sexual]] material <adult bookstores> <adult movies>
==Description==
The term '''adult''' has at least three distinct [[meanings]]. It can indicate a [[biologically]] grown or [[mature]] [[person]]. It may also mean a plant, [[animal]], or [[person]] who has reached full [[growth]] or alternatively is capable of reproduction, or the classification [[legal]] adult, generally determined as a [[person]] who has attained the legally fixed age of majority; as opposed to a minor.
Adulthood can be defined in [[biology]], [[psychological]] adult [[development]], [[law]], [[personal]] [[character]], or [[social status]]. These [[different]] aspects of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory. A person may be biologically an adult, and have adult [[behavior]] but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely one may legally be an adult but possess none of the [[maturity]] and [[responsibility]] that define adult [[character]].
Coming of age is an [[event]]; passing a [[series]] of tests to [[demonstrate]] the child is [[prepared]] for adulthood; or reaching a specified age, sometimes in conjunction with demonstrating preparation. Most modern [[societies]] [[determine]] legal adulthood based on reaching a legally-specified age without requiring a demonstration of [[physical]] [[maturity]] or [[preparation]] for adulthood.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adulthood]
[[Category: Law]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Etymology==
Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere to [[grow]] up, from ad- + -olescere (from alescere to grow)
*Date: [http:/www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1531]
==Definitions==
1 : fully [[developed]] and [[mature]] : grown-up
2 : of, relating to, [[intended]] for, or befitting adults <an adult approach to a problem>
3 : dealing in or with explicitly [[sexual]] material <adult bookstores> <adult movies>
==Description==
The term '''adult''' has at least three distinct [[meanings]]. It can indicate a [[biologically]] grown or [[mature]] [[person]]. It may also mean a plant, [[animal]], or [[person]] who has reached full [[growth]] or alternatively is capable of reproduction, or the classification [[legal]] adult, generally determined as a [[person]] who has attained the legally fixed age of majority; as opposed to a minor.
Adulthood can be defined in [[biology]], [[psychological]] adult [[development]], [[law]], [[personal]] [[character]], or [[social status]]. These [[different]] aspects of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory. A person may be biologically an adult, and have adult [[behavior]] but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely one may legally be an adult but possess none of the [[maturity]] and [[responsibility]] that define adult [[character]].
Coming of age is an [[event]]; passing a [[series]] of tests to [[demonstrate]] the child is [[prepared]] for adulthood; or reaching a specified age, sometimes in conjunction with demonstrating preparation. Most modern [[societies]] [[determine]] legal adulthood based on reaching a legally-specified age without requiring a demonstration of [[physical]] [[maturity]] or [[preparation]] for adulthood.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adulthood]
[[Category: Law]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
