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infantize

verb

Etymology

From infant + -ize.

  1. derived from enfanter
  2. borrowed from īnfantem
  3. inherited from infaunt
  4. suffixed as infantize — “infant + ize”

Definitions

  1. infantilize

    • Yet the patient is asked to play the stupid game, to infantize himself. Halfway houses with their stupid rules. Telling a thirty-year-old man who has committed no crime to be good or he will not get TV tonight.
    • “Are we ready to infantize 10-year-olds?” he said.

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