infantilize

[ in-fuhn-tl-ahyz, -tahy-lahyz, in-fan-tl-ahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, in·fan·til·ized, in·fan·til·iz·ing.

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

“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.

But somehow, over the years, sororities have come to infantilize the women they once sought to empower.

Not only do these "gifts" raise tax issues, they also infantilize the senator and makes him look foolish.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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