Usually means: Treating someone as a child.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word infantilization:

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  1. infantilization: Merriam-Webster
  2. infantilization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infantilization: Collins English Dictionary
  4. infantilization: Wordnik
  5. infantilization: Wiktionary
  6. infantilization: Dictionary.com
  7. infantilization: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Infantilization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

(Note: See infantilize as well.)

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noun:  The act or process of infantilizing, or treating a non-infant as an infant.

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