"neotenize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: neotenizes [present, singular, third-person], neotenizing [participle, present], neotenized [participle, past], neotenized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} neotenize (third-person singular simple present neotenizes, present participle neotenizing, simple past and past participle neotenized)
  1. (transitive) To regard (an adult person or animal) as a child; to infantilize. Tags: transitive Related terms: neotenous, neoteny
    Sense id: en-neotenize-en-verb-~rK8P6vg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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