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infantilize
(redirected from infantilisation)

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in·fan·til·ize  (nfn-tl-z, n-fn-)
tr.v. in·fan·til·ized, in·fan·til·iz·ing, in·fan·til·iz·es
1. To reduce to an infantile state or condition: "It creates a crisis that infantilizes themcauses grown men to squabble like kids about trivial things" (New Yorker).
2. To treat or condescend to as if still a young child: "The Victorian physician infantilized his patient" (Judith Moore).
in·fantil·i·zation (--zshn) n.
Translations
infantilize [ɪnˈfæntɪlaɪz] VT → infantilizar
infantilize
vt → infantilisieren; (= decide for) → bevormunden


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He understood that the long-term cost of a welfare society is the infantilisation of the population.
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