infantilizationn.
/ɪnˌfantɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ The action of prolonging or perpetuating a state of infancy.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > perpetuating
infantilization1939
1939 Nature 25 Feb. 325/2 Following Bolk's thesis of infantilization he would regard man as the permanent baby amongst mammals.
1943 D. 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.
1970 G. 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.
1971 Jonas & Klein (title) Man-child: a study of the infantilization of man.
Derivatives
inˈfantilized adj. made the object of infantilization.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > made object of infantilization
infantilized1943
1943 S. 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.
inˈfantilizing n. and adj.
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1943 D. M. Levy Maternal Overprotection v. 73 Maternal overprotection becomes largely an infantilizing process.
1965 Listener 29 Apr. 626/2 In this context, the infantilizing mother, who holds herself ever indispensable, is a kind of murderer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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