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Definition of Infantilization
1. Noun. The act or process of infantilizing, or treating a non-infant as an infant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infantilization
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infantilization
Literary usage of Infantilization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Patronage Or Partnership: Local Capacity Building in Humanitarian Crises by Ian Smillie (2001)
"... development by outsiders “as if [villagers] could not develop themselves.
This infantilization of the deprived population. . . is the primary reason why ..."
2. Good News from New England: And Other Writings on the Killings at Weymouth by Jack Dempsey (2001)
"American blood pudding is a saccharine substitute for real engagement with the
past, an infantilization that forfeits "for" people the chance for perception ..."
3. Adolescent Sexual Development and Sexuality: Assessment and Interventionsby Donna A. Gaffney, Carol Roye, Civic Research Institute by Donna A. Gaffney, Carol Roye, Civic Research Institute (2003)
"... 3-4 Individualism, 4-4 Inductive reasoning, adolescence and, 2-3-2-4
infantilization, of chronically ill adolescents, 15-2-15-3 Informed consent, ..."
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