infantilize

UK: /ɪnˈfæntɪlaɪz/

US: (in′fən tl īz′, -tī līz′, in fan′tl īz′)

Inflections of 'infantilize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

infantilizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

infantilizing

v pres p (US & UK)

infantilized

v past (US & UK)

infantilized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•fan•til•ize  (in′fən tl īz′, -tī līz′, in fan′tl īz′), v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to keep in or reduce to an infantile state.
2. to treat or regard as infantile or immature.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] in′fan•til•ise′. 

• infantile + -ize, or by back formation from infantilization 1940–45

in′fan•til•i•za′tion, n.