infantilize
/ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For too long, many of us have sought unity by binding ourselves together with the umbilical cords of dogma. They have done less and less to nurture us in recent years, and more and more to infantilize us."
- "Once [Chile] began the transition to democracy in the 1990s, two journalists, Álvaro Díaz González and Pedro Peirano, set out to design a children’s show that they themselves would want to watch – steeped in humor and political criticism, and where children wouldn’t be infantilized."
Etymology
Etymology tree English infantile Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English infantilize From infantile + -ize (“make into”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈfæn.tɪ.laɪz/