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PRONUNCIATION OF INFANTILIZE

infantilize  [ɪnˈfæntɪˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFANTILIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infantilize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb infantilize in English.

WHAT DOES INFANTILIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paraphilic infantilism

Paraphilic infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia and adult baby syndrome can be a sexual fetish for some that involves role-playing a regression to an infant-like state. Behaviors may include drinking from a bottle or wearing diapers. Individuals may engage in gentle and nurturing experiences or be attracted to masochistic, coercive, punishing or humiliating experiences. Diaper fetishism involves "diaper lovers" wearing diapers for sexual or erotic reasons but may not involve infant-like behavior. Individuals who experience both of these things are referred to as adult baby/diaper lovers. When wearing diapers, infantilists may urinate or defecate in them. There is no recognized etiology for infantilism and little research on the subject. It has been linked to masochism and a variety of other paraphilias. Though commonly confused with pedophilia, the two conditions are distinct and infantilists do not seek children as sexual partners. A variety of causes has been proposed, including altered lovemaps, imprinting gone awry and errors in erotic targets, though there is no consensus.

Definition of infantilize in the English dictionary

The definition of infantilize in the dictionary is to encourage or force someone to behave like a child.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INFANTILIZE

PRESENT

Present
I infantilize
you infantilize
he/she/it infantilizes
we infantilize
you infantilize
they infantilize
Present continuous
I am infantilizing
you are infantilizing
he/she/it is infantilizing
we are infantilizing
you are infantilizing
they are infantilizing
Present perfect
I have infantilized
you have infantilized
he/she/it has infantilized
we have infantilized
you have infantilized
they have infantilized
Present perfect continuous
I have been infantilizing
you have been infantilizing
he/she/it has been infantilizing
we have been infantilizing
you have been infantilizing
they have been infantilizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I infantilized
you infantilized
he/she/it infantilized
we infantilized
you infantilized
they infantilized
Past continuous
I was infantilizing
you were infantilizing
he/she/it was infantilizing
we were infantilizing
you were infantilizing
they were infantilizing
Past perfect
I had infantilized
you had infantilized
he/she/it had infantilized
we had infantilized
you had infantilized
they had infantilized
Past perfect continuous
I had been infantilizing
you had been infantilizing
he/she/it had been infantilizing
we had been infantilizing
you had been infantilizing
they had been infantilizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will infantilize
you will infantilize
he/she/it will infantilize
we will infantilize
you will infantilize
they will infantilize
Future continuous
I will be infantilizing
you will be infantilizing
he/she/it will be infantilizing
we will be infantilizing
you will be infantilizing
they will be infantilizing
Future perfect
I will have infantilized
you will have infantilized
he/she/it will have infantilized
we will have infantilized
you will have infantilized
they will have infantilized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been infantilizing
you will have been infantilizing
he/she/it will have been infantilizing
we will have been infantilizing
you will have been infantilizing
they will have been infantilizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would infantilize
you would infantilize
he/she/it would infantilize
we would infantilize
you would infantilize
they would infantilize
Conditional continuous
I would be infantilizing
you would be infantilizing
he/she/it would be infantilizing
we would be infantilizing
you would be infantilizing
they would be infantilizing
Conditional perfect
I would have infantilize
you would have infantilize
he/she/it would have infantilize
we would have infantilize
you would have infantilize
they would have infantilize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been infantilizing
you would have been infantilizing
he/she/it would have been infantilizing
we would have been infantilizing
you would have been infantilizing
they would have been infantilizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you infantilize
we let´s infantilize
you infantilize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to infantilize
Past participle
infantilized
Present Participle
infantilizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFANTILIZE


destabilize
diːˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz
fertilize
ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz
immobilize
ɪˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz
infantilise
ɪnˈfæntɪˌlaɪz
mobilize
ˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz
overfertilise
ˌəʊvəˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz
overfertilize
ˌəʊvəˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz
overutilise
ˌəʊvəˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
overutilize
ˌəʊvəˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
reutilize
ˌriːˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
solubilize
ˈsɒljʊbɪˌlaɪz
stabilize
ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz
sterilise
ˈsterɪˌlaɪz
sterilize
ˈstɛrɪˌlaɪz
subtilise
ˈsʌtɪˌlaɪz
subtilize
ˈsʌtɪˌlaɪz
underutilise
ˌʌndəˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
utilize
ˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
volatilise
vɒˈlætɪˌlaɪz
volatilize
vɒˈlætɪˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFANTILIZE

infanta
infante
infanteer
infanthood
infanticidal
infanticide
infantile
infantile paralysis
infantilisation
infantilise
infantilism
infantility
infantilization
infantine
infantries
infantry
infantry division
infantryman
infantrymen
infants

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFANTILIZE

Belize
civilize
cross-fertilize
decivilize
demobilize
fossilize
insolubilize
lyophilize
personalize
realize
remobilize
respectabilize
restabilize
similize
socialize
specialize
syphilize
underutilize
virilize
visualize

Synonyms and antonyms of infantilize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «infantilize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFANTILIZE

Find out the translation of infantilize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of infantilize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infantilize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

infantilize
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infantilizar
570 millions of speakers

English

infantilize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

infantilize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

infantilize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инфантилизировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infantilizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

infantilize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infantiliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanak-kanak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

infantilize
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

infantilize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Infantilise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

infantilize
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

infantilize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालमृत्यूचे पोषण करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bebek gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infantilize
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

infantilize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

инфантилизировать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe un copil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

infantilize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

infantilize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infantiliserar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infantilize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infantilize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFANTILIZE»

The term «infantilize» is used very little and occupies the 165.102 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFANTILIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «infantilize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «infantilize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about infantilize

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFANTILIZE»

Discover the use of infantilize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infantilize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, ...
"Powerful and disturbing. No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book."—Jackson Lears A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs.
Benjamin R. Barber, 2008
2
IQ Testing 101
They found parenting styles to differ for the two types of twins (e.g., mothers ofidentical twins tended to infantilize identical twins more than did mothers of fraternal twins, and to be more authoritarian). Parenting styles also differed by social ...
Dr. Alan S. Kaufman PhD, 2009
3
Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic ...
... injuries and even death, are deplorable. But the patterns we have identified in this essay seem not to be have been much discussed by other students of hazing . The various techniques employed to infantilize the pledges, to reduce them to ...
Alan Dundes, 2002
4
Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of ...
To insist that Indians be shown "their real state of dependence" upon the government was, I will argue, to infantilize them. Infantilization provides the major significance of the call for paternal authority. The process of infantilization has been ...
Michael Paul Rogin, 1991
5
Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection
Previous tendencies to infantilize children and to regard them as passive are giving way to a view of children as actors who have a strong sense of agency, participate in the construction of political discourses and social identities, and in some ...
Michael G. Wessells, 2006
6
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth is a timely commentary about the media frenzy surrounding allegations of sex abuse and the popular mania for Reality TV. -Kirkus Discoveries Quote America's cult of psychotherapy combines with its cult of ...
Daniel Buck, 2005
7
Postmodernism, Feminism, and Cultural Politics: Redrawing ...
... teachers can make problematic how different subjectivities are positioned within a historically specific range of ideologies and social practices that inscribe students in modes of behavior that subjugate, infantilize, and corrupt. Similarly, such ...
Henry A. Giroux, 1991
8
The ironies of freedom: sex, culture, and neoliberal ...
... to internalize the regimentation of time by memorizing the daily schedule, listed as the eighth rule on the list of fifteen camp regulations at the Center for Social Sponsorship.38 In the camps, wardens made every effort to infantilize inmates.
Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, 2009
9
Curious Feminist: Searching for Women In a New Age of Empire
That is, insofar as any society or group is patriarchal, it is there that it is comfortable—unquestioned—to infantilize, ignore, trivialize, or even actively cast scorn upon what is thought to be feminized. That is why a feminist curiosity is always ...
Cynthia H. Enloe, 2004
10
Caring for People with Physical Impairment: The Journey Back
Presume for the moment that a major temptation for caregivers who may inadvertently infantilize patients is the caregivers' wish to bolster self- esteem. It follows that primarily empowering caregivers will likely foster a more healthy caregiver ...
‎1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFANTILIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infantilize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Helicopter Parenting Is The New Victorianism
However, we too possess the urge to protect, elevate, and perhaps infantilize a segment of our population. What the stereotypical Victorians did ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
2
'Romeo and Juliet' stars senior citizens in Unexpected Stage …
“It's worth exploring because I think we often infantilize the elderly. We treat them almost like second-class citizens, like they're children that ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
3
Why America Demonizes its Teachers -- Part 4: The Role of the …
It is hard to teach children of helicopter and snowplow parents who infantilize their children by making it impossible for them to grow up, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Supergirl Pilot: 8 Burning Questions Answered
There's a reason we've never had a Superboy, because it's infantilizing, and it's more acceptable to infantilize women than men. And there are ... «Outer Places, Jul 15»
5
Bipartisan Poverty Shaming: The Moynihan Report at 50
In stigmatizing and shaming the victims of poverty, we infantilize and marginalize them and silence their voices. And we persist in viewing ... «Beyond Chron, Jul 15»
6
'Tall Women in Clogs' Busts Stereotypes About Height, Gender And …
MW: Society loves to infantilize women in a way that grosses me out, and it's hard to infantilize a tall woman. SS: Walking down the street. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Learning from Athens: How Can documenta 14 Respond to the …
... as he put it, "infantilize” the Greek position. He re-asserts that whatever may happen, documenta in both Kassel and Athens will be a platform ... «ArtSlant, Jul 15»
8
Men Are Babies and Other Jokes
'Jokes' which denigrate men and women, which infantilize and patronize them, and which reduce them to narrow-minded stereotypes are in ... «Onislam.net, Jul 15»
9
The GOP's pathetic crybaby agenda: Trump, Scalia and the whiny …
It runs on infantile rage and so must infantilize white men. We must find a way to reach even the ones who seem a danger only to themselves. «Salon, Jul 15»
10
Clinton Campaign Ropes Off Reporters at New Hampshire Parade
Indeed, they infantilize reporters, while giving off a whiff of Clinton authoritarianism. I doubt very much if there will be any more “moving rope ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»

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