Etymology

infantilization

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Today it means: The act or process of infantilizing, treating a non-infant as an infant, or more generally treating an adult like a young child. Full definition →

English infantilize
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  1. Englishinfantile
  2. Englishinfantilize
  3. English todayinfantilization

From infantilize + -ation.

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