infantilized
past simple and past participle ofinfantilize
infantilize
verb[T]
usuallydisapproving(alsoinfantilise)uk/ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/us/ɪnˈfæn.tə.laɪz/totreatsomeone as if thatpersonwere achild, with theresultthat theystartbehavinglike one:
Hearguesthat givingmoneyto thepoorinfantilizes them andstopsthem fromhelpingthemselves.
Children & babies
- ankle-biter
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- comfort blanket
- crawler
- designer baby
- devil
- diddums
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- pest
- toddler
- toilet-trained
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
Examplesofinfantilized
infantilized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
By necessity the child becomes dependent andinfantilized.
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In the second case, the partner, a compulsive caregiver,infantilizedthe cancer patient.
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The stories in this book also serve as a welcome corrective to the many sanitized andinfantilizedcollections of ' folktales ' that often pass for oral literature.
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He is ugly, unrefined, and unintelligent, eveninfantilized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Elkins speculated that antebellum slavery was a similar environment and instilled aninfantilized, dependent personality pattern.
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- specialized area
- specialized cell
- specialized course
- specialized database
- specialized discipline
- specialized equipment
- specialized expertise
- specialized form
- specialized function
- specialized journal
- specialized knowledge
- specialized organ
- specialized skill
- specialized software
- specialized task
- specialized technique
- specialized terminology
- specialized treatment
- specialized vocabulary
- specializing
- special leave
- special-leave
- special licence
- specially
- special measures