FACTS OF LIFE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Synonyms:

breeding; facts of life; procreation; reproduction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("facts of life" is a kind of...):

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "facts of life"):

crossbreeding; interbreeding; miscegenation (reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons))

generation; multiplication; propagation (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)