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What is the noun for childlessness?

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child
  1. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
  2. (obsolete, specifically) a female child, a girl.
  3. (with possessive) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
  4. (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
  5. (figuratively) A figurative offspring, particularly:
    1. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
    2. Anything derived from or caused by something.
    3. (computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Twenty-one young children from the local schools marched in step, each child carrying a rose.”
      “Surely, every parent has a favorite child even if they won't admit it.”
      “One could say that one's attitude is the child of one's environment.”
childhood
  1. (chiefly uncountable) The state of being a child.
  2. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
  3. (by extension) The early stages of development of something.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He is composing a long poem about his experiences during the time of his childhood.”
      “In my childhood we lived near Berkhamsted and I walked and rode my pony in the woods at Ashridge.”
      “He recites names, dates, places and conversations from childhood up to now.”
childcare
  1. (uncountable) The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
  2. (countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A major factor behind the growth in mumpreneurs is the rising cost of childcare.”
      “She doesn't get in until late because she has to drop off her child at childcare.”
      “The team found that the centre did not comply with the acts on childcare and treatment of substance abusers.”
childishness
  1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
  2. (countable) Childish behaviour.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “He might have passed her words off as the whims of childishness but she was not alone in her condemnations.”
      “Stella eventually reappears and turns out to be a monster of self-obsessed childishness.”
      “On the psychological level, numerous aspects of the remedy refer to the notion of childishness.”
childlove
childlore
  1. The folklore or folk culture of children.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However children can take the taught and teach it further to other children, turning it into childlore.”
      “Below is listed just a small sampling of types and examples of childlore and games.”
      “These same artifacts of childlore, in innumerable variations, also continue to serve the same function of learning and practicing skills needed for growth.”
chile
  1. (US, regional) Alternative form of chili (a chili pepper).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They come to dine on the popular eatery's cinnamon rolls, the roasted ancho chile rellenos, the strong coffee.”
      “For those in search of authentic local cuisine, the red chile is hot and the sopaipillas light and fluffy at Abuelita's New Mexican Kitchen.”
      “The green chile was delicious, yet didn't commit the ultimate faux pas of overpowering the smooth queso in the enchilada.”
childern
  1. Eye dialect spelling of children.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Up to 49 yo., 1m69 and more, decent, hard-working, honest, intelligent, optimistic, patient, mature, maybe with childern.”
      “I am a child that wants to learn, to play and be safe like your children and all other childern in England.”
      “Most importantly, ensure there are no childern within 10 yards of the bat, they can't help let go when running.”
chile
  1. (Southern US, African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of child.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They come to dine on the popular eatery's cinnamon rolls, the roasted ancho chile rellenos, the strong coffee.”
      “For those in search of authentic local cuisine, the red chile is hot and the sopaipillas light and fluffy at Abuelita's New Mexican Kitchen.”
      “The green chile was delicious, yet didn't commit the ultimate faux pas of overpowering the smooth queso in the enchilada.”
childlikeness
childrenswear
  1. clothing for children.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is also Ireland's only trade fair dedicated to womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, footwear and accessories.”
      “We hope to be open by July and the new store will have all our departments in it, including menswear, womenswear, childrenswear and home furnishings.”
      “The childrenswear sections are packed with mini-me styles, from the season's cool new grey colourway to animal magic prints.”
childness
  1. (obsolete) The manner that is characteristic of a child.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The major had never been properly a child, but now lived his childness over again with Mark in a better fashion.”
      “We are, in a sense, all the children of our society, if we define childness in the sense of a continuing need to learn.”
      “During your childness you probably knew this game.”
childliness
  1. The state or quality of being childly.
childship
  1. The state or relation of being a child.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?”
childfreeness
  1. Absence of children.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her childfreeness allowed her to travel the world and focus on her career without any parenting responsibilities.”
childlessness
  1. The state of being childless.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is fair to say that around half of non-medical childlessness cannot properly be called chosen.”
      “In other regions, such as South America, Central America and South-eastern Asia, childlessness levels are higher, at around 10 per cent.”
      “This book deals with the issue of childlessness and resolving fertility desires.”
childkind
  1. All children, considered as a group.
childcarer
childie
  1. an affectionate name for a child
childtime
childling
  1. (affectionate) A (little) child.
childer
  1. (Northern England) A child.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It was who could do most, and the childer are sure of a bellyful to-day, and of kindness too.”
      “My juwa had almost scratched an eye out of the Hindity mushi, and my chai had sent the Hindity childer scampering over the green.”
      “Yebbut...she ain't a childer any more...she's stuck in no-mans-land for the next few years.”
chillen
  1. Eye dialect spelling of children.
chilren
  1. (African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of children.
childlikenesses
childishnesses
childcarers
childhoods
  1. plural of childhood
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “With increasingly weighty school bags and heavy workload after school, very little free time is left for the kids to enjoy their childhoods.”
      “It seems that many people living in the West still live in the simple, polarized westerns of their simpler, more idealized childhoods.”
      “I can tell you quite frankly that the stuff from our childhoods is not to be blamed on us.”
childlings
  1. plural of childling
childcares
childships
childnesses
  1. plural of childness
chillun
  1. (Southern US, African American Vernacular) plural of chile (child).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Mighty nigh all de chillun had a little teency bag of asafetida, on a string 'round they necks, to keep off diseases.”
      “Master Hardy, his daddy, had give us to him when he 'vided out wid de res' o' his chillun.”
      “When dey put her on de block dey put all her chillun aroun her to show folks how FAS she can hab chillun.”
childers
  1. plural of childer
  2. Examples:
    1. “First of all, the idea that childers ever had any kind of chance of winning a Senate seat in Mississippi was a pipe dream.”
      “The only question is whether childers can get his act together sufficiently to allow Democrats to take advantage the situation.”
      “Despite the looming specter of childers, McDaniel still has a significant edge in the runoff.”
childies
  1. plural of childie
children
  1. plural of child.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Twenty-one young children from the local schools marched in step, each child carrying a rose.”
      “Gil was determined to build a better life for his children.”
      “In her experiment, psychologist Penny Pexman of the University of Calgary found that children as young as five were able to detect verbal irony.”
childs
  1. (nonstandard, rare) plural of child
  2. Examples:
    1. “Infant carriers, child seats, convertible car seats and booster seats are classified in five groups according to the childs weight.”
      “We must also not forget that there are lacunae in the childs comprehension of what it perceives.”
      “So the best pictures of your childs for example, can be grouped into one common image.”
chiles
childrens
  1. (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) plural of child
  2. Examples:
    1. “There was also sent from Plymouth a piece of blond, a piece of quilling net, and eleven pairs of childrens stockings, for sale.”
      “We organized interest class that require childrens participation, redevelop childrens creativity and capability of doing things.”
      “One explanation for the relative unimportance ofinnocuousnessmay be that the study dealt with childrens programmes.”
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