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Infantilize
Meaning
Verb
●
To reduce (a person) to the state or
status
of an infant.
●
To
treat
(a person) like a child.
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Origin
infantilize
English
-ize
English
-isen
Middle English (1100-1500)
-iser
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
-izare
Latin
-ιζειν
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
infantile
English
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Etym
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