early life
Before coming of age
Early life refers to the initial period of a person's existence—childhood and youth before adulthood.
The phrase appears most often in biographical contexts, where a section on someone's early life covers their birth, family background, upbringing, and formative experiences: The biography's chapter on her early life revealed a turbulent childhood.
- toddlerhoodStage of learning walking
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- infancyEarliest period of life
- baby stepsCautious incremental progress
- first wordsInfant's earliest speech
prenatal · family · birth order · family tree · nurture · nature vs nurture · abiogenesis · milestones · attachment · growth · upbringing · primordial soup · single-celled organisms · formative years · cyanobacteria · stromatolites · parenting · adolescence
- Celebrity Biographiesmemoirs, autobiographies, tell-alls, behind the scenes, breakout roles
- Biography Elementseducation, influences, major works, death, teachings
- biography sectionschildhood, education, youth, school years, later years
- illustrator biographytraining, mentors, apprenticeship, career highlights, published works
- rugby biographiesplayer profiles, famous players, rugby players, national team, debut
- Shakespeare biographyStratford, Anne Hathaway, Globe Theatre, birthplace, marriage
early lifelate life
Advanced age period
final years · end of life · twilight years · last days · sunset years
early lifematurity
Full growth achieved
adulthood · decline · senescence · decrepitude · old age