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ORPHANHOOD
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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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