infantilize

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Pronunciation

/ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/

Definition of infantilize

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.

“For too long, many of us have sought unity by binding ourselves together with the umbilical cords of dogma. They have done less and less to nurture us in recent years, and more and more to infantilize us.”

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verb

(transitive)To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.

“For too long, many of us have sought unity by binding ourselves together with the umbilical cords of dogma. They have done less and less to nurture us in recent years, and more and more to infantilize us.”
(transitive)To treat (a person) like a child.

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From infantile + -ize (“make into”).

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