[xandrius]

I generally unbundle age and adulthood.

For me the definition has always been "an adult owns up to their own mistakes".

Which is the shorter version of "A child doesn't care about their mistakes, a teenager expects others to fix them and an adults own up to them".

This allows me to categorise older people who I feel like don't act like adults.

[aradox66]

This is an adult's definition of an adult

[itishappy]

Maybe defining "adult" is the definition for adult?

[aradox66]

Nah no way, as some of the above definitions show, children - or at least teenagers/"young adults" -clearly conjure definitions of the adult.

There is definitely a difference though between defining an adult from the inside vs outside

[firecraker]

Only when trying to assert that you are not one

[inanutshellus]

I think it's the definition of a moral person, not an adult, but I do like it.

[inanutshellus]

Yes, shockingly my tween-made definition of adult wasn't very adult. ;)