to infantilize
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8.3
- verb
- /ɪnˈfæntɪlaɪz/
- Formal
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infantilizar
- The teacher's constant praise and excessive supervision began to infantilize the students, making them reliant on her for even the simplest tasks.
- infantilize women
- infantilize black women
And I'm like, I'm not going to infantilize the human body that way.
- And I'm like, I'm not going to infantilize the human body that way.
- So no, stop infantilizing terror supporters.
- You're pathetic for infantilizing them, for lack of better term.
- This reads not necessarily why, but I feel like it reads infantilizing.
Examples
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But it's unnecessary, infantilizing, and dangerously close to the state medicalizing the issue.
Blog text (34) -
I said, well, if they go on putting themselves in harm's way, you can't infantilize these people.
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We may infantilize those perceived as weaker or unable to care for themselves.
Academic text (1999) -
But it kind of infantilized him in a way that I thought was a little too much.
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VH1 is not the only network that features shows that infantilize black women.
Academic text (2013) -
If you don't want to infantilize them, take them at their word.
Blog text (21) -
Yoga culture, at least thus far, is infantilizing, especially for women.
Blog text (10) -
Any adult with the sense God gave a goose would object to being infantilized.
Blog text (9) -
However, this therapeutic approach to crime is paternalistic: it infantilizes where we ought to insist on adult accountability.
Academic text (2003) -
By continuing to accept the blame he's willing to assign you, you and Janice continue to infantilize him.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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6.0
To treat someone with too much care and make things too easy for them
To act like someone is less able in a motherly way
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Etymology
Infantilize comes from the word infant, which means 'baby', plus the ending -ize, meaning 'to make'. So to infantilize someone is to 'make' them like a baby, that is, to treat them as less mature than they really are.