- infantilize
- transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1943 1. to make or keep infantile 2. to treat as if infantile • infantilization noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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infantilize — [in fan′təl īz΄] vt. infantilized, infantilizing 1. to treat (a child or adult) like an infant or baby 2. to keep in a dependent, infantile stage of development infantilization n … English World dictionary
infantilize — infantilization, n. /in feuhn tl uyz , tuy luyz , in fan tl uyz /, v.t., infantilized, infantilizing. 1. to keep in or reduce to an infantile state. 2. to treat or regard as infantile or immature. Also, esp. Brit., infantilise. [1940 45;… … Universalium
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infantilize — or infantilise ɪn fantɪlʌɪz verb treat as a child. Derivatives infantilization noun … English new terms dictionary
infantilize — in·fan·ti·lize … English syllables
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infantilization — noun see infantilize … New Collegiate Dictionary
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