infantilization

English

Alternative forms

• infantilisation

Etymology

infantilize +‎ -ation

Noun

infantilization (countable and uncountable, plural infantilizations)

1. The act or process of infantilizing, or treating a non-infant as an infant.
   • 2020 February 4, “Asexuality, Explained Through Cake”, in The Link‎^[1], retrieved 6 April 2020:

     In the context of asexuality, it has led to the infantilization of people who are aspec, and in a lot of cases has pressured ace people to have sex, simply because they didn’t think not wanting to have sex was an option.

   Nursing homes lead to an infantilization of the elderly.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: infantilització f
• French: infantilisation (fr) f
• Galician: infantilización f
• German: Infantilisierung (de) f, Verkindlichung f, Bevormundung (de) f
• Italian: infantilizzazione f
• Portuguese: infantilização f
• Spanish: infantilización f