infantilize (redirected from infantilising)

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.

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in·fantil·i·zation (--zshn) n.