infantilize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From infantile + -ize (make into).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪn.ˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/
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Verb

infantilize (third-person singular simple present infantilizes, present participle infantilizing, simple past and past participle infantilized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
  2. (transitive) To treat (a person) like a child.

Translations

Galician

Verb

infantilize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of infantilizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

infantilize

  1. inflection of infantilizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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