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nouninfantilizer (plural infantilizers)
plural infantilizers
- derogatoryoftenA person who infantilizes others.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about it," an infantilizer I knew used to say to his wife. When she would ask about the family finances, his answer was always the same: "You wouldn't understand."
1992, Victoria Felton-Collins, Suzanne Blair Brown, Couples and Money, page 55
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APA
infantilizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infantilizer
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“infantilizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infantilizer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infantilizer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infantilizer.
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