Infantilize Definition
ĭnfən-tl-īz, ĭn-făn-
infantilized, infantilizes, infantilizing
verb
To treat (a child or adult) like an infant or baby.
Webster's New World
To keep in a dependent, infantile stage of development.
Webster's New World
To reduce to an infantile state or condition.
American Heritage
To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
Wiktionary
Origin of Infantilize
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infantile + -ize (“make into”)
From Wiktionary
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