different between adulthood vs manhood

English

Etymology

From adult +? -hood

Noun

adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)

1. The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have reached a state of psychological maturity, to wit: once it has become an adult.

   Son, now that you have reached adulthood, you are in the time of your life during which you are expected to take responsibility for your actions and for your well-being.

2. The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death.

   The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

   The things learned in childhood will effect a person throughout its adulthood.

Antonyms

• childhood

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• manhead (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> English manhead), equivalent to man +? -hood. Cognate with Middle Low German manheit (“manhood”), German Mannheit (“manhood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mænh?d/
• Rhymes: -ænh?d

Noun

manhood (countable and uncountable, plural manhoods)

1. The state or condition of being a human being.

   Synonym: humanity

   He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

2. The state or condition of being a man.

   He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.

3. All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.

   Synonym: mankind (exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide)

   Antonyms: womanhood, womankind

   During the Second World War, Russia lost a great percentage of its young manhood, giving rise to a great wave of widowhood in the country.
4. The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.

   Synonyms: manfulness, manliness, mannishness

   Antonyms: womanhood, womanishness, womanliness

   My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?

   Traditionally, men sought to enhance the manhood of their young sons, so that they would become manly men, but in general, men no longer do so.

5. The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.

   Antonym: womanhood

   The failure of William's business seems to have been quite damaging to his manhood.

   I feel that when you boss me around, you insult my manhood.
6. (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.

   Hypernym: (slang) junk

   Antonym: womanhood

   She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.

   • 2016, Rory Tingle, "Thai man has a sex ring removed with bolt cutters after it became stuck on his penis", Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers:

Coordinate terms

• womanhood

Related terms

• boyhood
• girlhood
• childhood

Translations

See also

• manhood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• hoodman