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infantilise

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in⋅fan⋅til⋅ize

  [in-fuhn-tl-ahyz, -tahy-lahyz, in-fan-tl-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to keep in or reduce to an infantile state.
2. to treat or regard as infantile or immature.
Also, especially British, in⋅fan⋅til⋅ise.

Origin:
1940–45; infantile + -ize, or by back formation from infantilization

Related forms:
in⋅fan⋅til⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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