Childlessness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state of being without children.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The state of being childless.
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noun.
The state of being
childless
.
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noun.
the condition of being without offspring
Word Usage
"According to the National Marriage Project, the incidence of childlessness is growing across the socioeconomic scale."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
situation
state of affairs
Same Context
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