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infantilize
in·fan·til·ize I0125800 (ĭn′fən-tl-īz′, ĭn-făn′-)tr.v. in·fan·til·ized, in·fan·til·iz·ing, in·fan·til·iz·es 1. To treat or condescend to as if still a young child: "The Victorian physician infantilized his patient" (Judith Moore).2. To reduce to an infantile state or condition: "It creates a crisis that infantilizes them—causes grown men to squabble like kids about trivial things" (New Yorker). in·fan′til·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.infantilize (ɪnˈfæntɪˌlaɪz) or infantilisevb (tr) (Psychology) psychol censorious to encourage or force someone to behave like a childin•fan•til•ize (ˈɪn fən tlˌaɪz, -taɪˌlaɪz, ɪnˈfæn tlˌaɪz) v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. 1. to keep in or reduce to an infantile state. 2. to treat or regard as infantile. [1940–45] in`fan•til•i•za′tion, n. infantilize Past participle: infantilized Gerund: infantilizing
Imperative |
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infantilize | infantilize |
Present |
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I infantilize | you infantilize | he/she/it infantilizes | we infantilize | you infantilize | they infantilize |
Preterite |
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I infantilized | you infantilized | he/she/it infantilized | we infantilized | you infantilized | they infantilized |
Present Continuous |
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I am infantilizing | you are infantilizing | he/she/it is infantilizing | we are infantilizing | you are infantilizing | they are infantilizing |
Present Perfect |
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I have infantilized | you have infantilized | he/she/it has infantilized | we have infantilized | you have infantilized | they have infantilized |
Past Continuous |
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I was infantilizing | you were infantilizing | he/she/it was infantilizing | we were infantilizing | you were infantilizing | they were infantilizing |
Past Perfect |
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I had infantilized | you had infantilized | he/she/it had infantilized | we had infantilized | you had infantilized | they had infantilized |
Future |
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I will infantilize | you will infantilize | he/she/it will infantilize | we will infantilize | you will infantilize | they will infantilize |
Future Perfect |
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I will have infantilized | you will have infantilized | he/she/it will have infantilized | we will have infantilized | you will have infantilized | they will have infantilized |
Future Continuous |
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I will be infantilizing | you will be infantilizing | he/she/it will be infantilizing | we will be infantilizing | you will be infantilizing | they will be infantilizing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been infantilizing | you have been infantilizing | he/she/it has been infantilizing | we have been infantilizing | you have been infantilizing | they have been infantilizing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been infantilizing | you will have been infantilizing | he/she/it will have been infantilizing | we will have been infantilizing | you will have been infantilizing | they will have been infantilizing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been infantilizing | you had been infantilizing | he/she/it had been infantilizing | we had been infantilizing | you had been infantilizing | they had been infantilizing |
Conditional |
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I would infantilize | you would infantilize | he/she/it would infantilize | we would infantilize | you would infantilize | they would infantilize |
Past Conditional |
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I would have infantilized | you would have infantilized | he/she/it would have infantilized | we would have infantilized | you would have infantilized | they would have infantilized | TranslationsMedicalSeeparaphilic infantilism |