"parentification" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From parent + -ification. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parent|ification}} parent + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} parentification (uncountable)
  1. (sociology, psychology) A process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling. Wikipedia link: parentification Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Sociology Synonyms: parentization Related terms: parentify Translations (a process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as parent to its own parent): 親職化 /亲职化 (qīnzhíhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), Parentifizierung [feminine] (German), Parentifikation [feminine] (German), parentifikáció (Hungarian), szülősítés (Hungarian), parentyfikacja [feminine] (Polish)
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