"infantilize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪn.ˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infantilize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: infantilizes [present, singular, third-person], infantilizing [participle, present], infantilized [participle, past], infantilized [past]
Etymology: From infantile + -ize (“make into”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|infantile|ize|t2=make into}} infantile + -ize (“make into”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} infantilize (third-person singular simple present infantilizes, present participle infantilizing, simple past and past participle infantilized)
  1. (transitive) To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant. Tags: transitive Translations (to reduce to the state of an infant): infantilitzar (Catalan), infantiliseren (Dutch), infantiliser (French), infantilisieren (German), infantilizzare (Italian), infantilizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-infantilize-en-verb-qCBcmZY6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'to reduce to the state of an infant': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To treat (a person) like a child. Tags: transitive Translations (to treat like a child): infantilitzar (Catalan), infantiliseren (Dutch), infanigi (Esperanto), infantiliser (French), infantilisieren (German), infantilizzare (Italian), infantilizar (Spanish), förbarnsliga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-infantilize-en-verb-oZk~teuP Disambiguation of 'to treat like a child': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infantilise

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