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infancy

noun as in babyhood

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There was no YouTube or social media; the Internet was in its infancy.

The nuclear metamorphosized giant monster genre was in its infancy when Godzilla was first born.

As for social mobility, Tocqueville wrote at a time when American industry was in its infancy.

I was a young reporter in the city and covered this controversy in its infancy.

However, Kuniak is hopeful for the future, stating this type of therapy is still “in its infancy.”

By its operation Gordon Wright, the most sensible man of our acquaintance, is reduced to the level of infancy!

The period of infancy is fixed by law, and is therefore a conventional, yet needful regulation.

In most states infancy ends at the age of twenty-one, though some states fix a younger period, eighteen for women.

From our earliest infancy he inspired us, not so much with love as with respect and adoration.

If nothing is done during infancy inaction operates generally as an affirmation.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to infancy, such as: inception, beginning, childhood, immaturity, minority, and nonage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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