"adultize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: adultizes [present, singular, third-person], adultizing [participle, present], adultized [participle, past], adultized [past]
Etymology: From adult + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adult|ize}} adult + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} adultize (third-person singular simple present adultizes, present participle adultizing, simple past and past participle adultized)
  1. (transitive, sociology, psychology) To raise (a child) in such a way that it adopts adult behaviors earlier than is usual. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Psychology, Sociology Related terms: adultization Translations (to raise a child such that he adopts adult behaviors earlier): adultizar (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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