"infantilize" meaning in English

See infantilize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infantilize.wav 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), infantilisoida (Finnish), infantiliser (French), infantilisieren (German), infantilizzare (Italian), infantilizar (Portuguese), infantilizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-infantilize-en-verb-qCBcmZY6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 15 3 36 5 36 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 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), kohdella kuin lasta (Finnish), infantiliser (French), infantilisieren (German), infantilizzare (Italian), infantylizować [imperfective] (Polish), zinfantylizować [perfective] (Polish), infantilizar (Portuguese), 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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