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infantilization|ɪnˌfæntɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. infantile a. + -ization.]
The action of prolonging or perpetuating a state of infancy.
1939Nature 25 Feb. 325/2 Following Bolk's thesis of infantilization he would regard man as the permanent baby amongst mammals. 1943D. M. Levy Maternal Overprotection iv. 53 Infantilization consists in the performance of activities in the care of a child beyond the time when such activities usually occur. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 98 In pushing the masochistic role as the proper role for woman, psychology reinforces the infantilization which has gone on ever since she was born. 1971Jonas & Klein (title) Man-child: a study of the infantilization of man.
Hence inˈfantilized ppl. a., made the object of infantilization; inˈfantilizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1943S. R. Slavson Introd. Group Therapy i. 8 The period of forbearance on the part of the group therapists is much shorter with pampered and infantilized children. 1943D. M. Levy Maternal Overprotection v. 73 Maternal overprotection becomes largely an infantilizing process. 1965Listener 29 Apr. 626/2 In this context, the infantilizing mother, who holds herself ever indispensable, is a kind of murderer. |