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infantilisation

infantilisation is the alternative spelling of infantilization.

Meaning of infantilization

Noun

infantilization (countable and uncountable, plural infantilizations)

  1. The act or process of infantilizing, treating a non-infant as an infant, or more generally treating an adult like a young child.
    • Nursing homes lead to an infantilization of the elderly.
    Antonyms:
    adultification

Questions about infantilisation

What is infantilisation the alternative spelling of?
Infantilisation is the alternative spelling of infantilization.

Words near infantilisation in the dictionary

  1. infantile autism
  2. infantile dementia
  3. infantile paralysis
  4. infantilely
  5. infantileness
  6. infantilisation
  7. infantilise
  8. infantilised
  9. infantilises
  10. infantilising
  11. infantilism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infantilisation (page history and authors); infantilization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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