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infantilizer

infantilizer noun: a person who infantilizes others.

Noun

infantilizer (plural infantilizers)

  1. (derogatory, often) A person who infantilizes others.
    • "Don't worry your pretty little head about it," an infantilizer I knew used to say to his wife. When she would ask about the family finances, his answer was always the same: "You wouldn't understand."1992, Victoria Felton-Collins, Suzanne Blair Brown, Couples and Money, page 55

Forms of infantilizer

pluralinfantilizers

Origin of infantilizer

From infantilize + -er.

Questions about infantilizer

What does infantilizer mean?
Infantilizer means a person who infantilizes others.
What part of speech is infantilizer?
Infantilizer is a noun.
What is the plural of infantilizer?
The plural of infantilizer is infantilizers.

Words near infantilizer in the dictionary

  1. infantility
  2. infantilization
  3. infantilizations
  4. infantilize
  5. infantilized
  6. infantilizer
  7. infantilizers
  8. infantilizes
  9. infantilizing
  10. infantine
  11. infanting

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