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adultized

adultized is the simple past and past participle of adultize.

Meaning of adultize

Verb

adultize (third-person singular simple present adultizes, present participle adultizing, simple past and past participle adultized)

  1. (transitive) To raise (a child) in such a way that it adopts adult behaviors earlier than is usual.
    • Talk with them in an adult manner, but do not "adultize" them. Do not expect them to be miniature adults.1986, Joanne Rand Whitmore, Intellectual Giftedness in Young Children: Recognition and Development, page 86

Questions about adultized

What is adultized the simple past and past participle of?
Adultized is the simple past and past participle of adultize.

Words near adultized in the dictionary

  1. adultism
  2. adultist
  3. adultivity
  4. adultization
  5. adultize
  6. adultized
  7. adultizes
  8. adultizing
  9. adultlike
  10. adultly
  11. adultnap

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