Infantilize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Infantilize is a verb meaning (transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
Meaning
(transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To treat (a person) like a child.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- infantilizes
- infantilizing
- infantilized
- infantilise
Antonyms for infantilize
Common opposites include adultify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include infantize, infantilise, babify, kindergartenize, reduce, subhumanize.
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