Adultify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Adultify is a verb meaning To treat a non-adult like an adult.
Meaning
To treat a non-adult like an adult.
Example Sentences
Neil Postman argued for The Disappearance of Childhood in 1982, maintaining that television prematurely adultifies children by confronting them with crime and violence and other adult topics.
Word Forms
- adultifies
- adultifying
- adultified
Antonyms for adultify
Common opposites include infantilize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adultize, adult, oldify, neotenize, youngify, domify.
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