单词 | infantilize |
释义 | in·fan·til·ize (ĭnfən-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·zation (-ĭ-zāshən) n. |
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