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adultizing

adultizing is the present participle and gerund 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 adultizing

What is adultizing the present participle and gerund of?
Adultizing is the present participle and gerund of adultize.

Words near adultizing in the dictionary

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

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