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infantilize
[ in-fuhn-tl-ahyz, -tahy-lahyz, in-fan-tl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
, in·fan·til·ized, in·fan·til·iz·ing.
- to keep in or reduce to an infantile state.
- to treat or regard as infantile or immature.
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- infan·til·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of infantilize1
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Example Sentences
“It is infantilizing to say that the way we get information is to ask an expert and have them just give it to us,” Bender said.
It is infantilizing to say that the way we get information is to ask an expert and have them just give it to us.
In other words, a time when audiences hadn’t yet been infantilized into a steady diet of comic-book escapism and supernatural fantasy.
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But somehow, over the years, sororities have come to infantilize the women they once sought to empower.
From The Daily Beast
Not only do these "gifts" raise tax issues, they also infantilize the senator and makes him look foolish.
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