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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The period of childhood just before the onset of puberty, often designated as between the ages of 10 and 12 in girls and 11 and 13 in boys.

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  • noun the period between childhood and adolescence

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ adolescence

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Examples

  • "A boy who turns 10 on January 2 could be playing alongside someone who doesn't turn 10 until the end of the year -- and at that age, in preadolescence, a 12-month gap in age represents an enormous difference in physical maturity."

    Fact And Comment Steve Forbes 2010

  • "A boy who turns 10 on January 2 could be playing alongside someone who doesn't turn 10 until the end of the year -- and at that age, in preadolescence, a 12-month gap in age represents an enormous difference in physical maturity."

    Fact And Comment Steve Forbes 2010

  • His simplistic and dysfunctional responses are those of someone in preadolescence.

    Think Progress » How to Avoid Being Shot by Right-Wing Pundits 2005

  • Our preadolescence was spent absorbing imported comics.

    Kapow! Superheroes Still Pack a Punch Sam Leith 2011

  • From the wikipedia entry linked above: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal (but not maternal) grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old? 2010

  • From the wikiepedia article: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal (but not maternal) grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups 2010

  • From the wikiepedia article: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal but not maternal grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups 2010

  • From the wikipedia entry linked above: Marcus Pembrey and colleagues also observed in the Överkalix study that the paternal but not maternal grandsons of Swedish boys who were exposed during preadolescence to famine in the 19th century were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease; if food was plentiful then diabetes mortality in the grandchildren increased, suggesting that this was a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old? 2010

  • It's so much about that period of preadolescence, that feeling of being a child and of being bullied, the difficulties of growing up.

    Matt Reeves Says 'Let Me In' Will Be Darker Than 'Twilight' « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • "A boy who turns 10 on January 2 could be playing alongside someone who doesn't turn 10 until the end of the year -- and at that age, in preadolescence, a 12-month gap in age represents an enormous difference in physical maturity."

    Book Review Steve Forbes 2010

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