ORPHANHOOD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being a child without living parents

Example:

his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult

Synonyms:

orphanage; orphanhood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("orphanhood" is a kind of...):

condition (a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing)

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