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::''For other uses, see Youth (disambiguation) Youth is defined by Webster's New World Dictionary as, "The time of life when one is young; especially: a: the period between childhood and maturity b: the early period of existence, growth, or development."(2004) ''Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition.'' USAGE Around the world the terms "youth", " Adolescent ", "teenager", and "young person" are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, occasionally differentiated. Youth generally refers to a time of life that is neither Childhood or Adulthood , but rather, somewhere in-between. Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very ''youth''ful". The term youth is also related to being Young . ::"This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease." - Robert Kennedy Youth is an alternative word to the scientifically-oriented Adolescent and the common American terms of teen and Teenager . Another common title for youth is young person or young people. AGE LIMITS The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.
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