infantilized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantilized
Adjective
  • Additionally, some dogs, particularly breeds with extreme infantile traits (such as pugs and French bulldogs), may appear as helpless, harmless, and innocent as small children.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
  • For a long time, infantile amnesia was thought to be tied to an inability to make memories in infancy.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This does not imply that college students should be taught childish skills but rather acknowledges the need to foster emotional coping skills and positive relationships throughout the academic careers of students.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Real patriots pay no heed to such undemocratic, childish rhetoric.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • Globally, obesity in adults has more than doubled since 1990, with adolescent rates quadrupling, the World Health Organization reported.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 23 July 2025
  • Cutting between the two timelines, Washington Black bears witness simultaneously to the very first steps in Wash’s adolescent coming-of-age, and the finishing stages of it.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Zendesk now is looking to hire young professionals and work alongside the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University to develop talent and bring them into the company.
    Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
  • The restaurant is frequented by a young late-night crowd that eats under rattan pendant lights.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, juvenile arrests for violent felonies — including many in and around transit — increased in both 2023 and 2024, but these offenses were largely excluded from public crime data.
    Marc Molinaro, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
  • He is wanted for simple kidnapping, cruelty to a juvenile and false imprisonment, the sheriff’s office says.
    Mark Price July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • At the very worst, an immature 18-year-old makes a horrific decision on a whim to deface his or her torso with a tableau of repulsive images that could potentially cause medical complications later in life.
    Scott Liftman, Boston Herald, 25 July 2025
  • The researchers showed how the interplay between a baby's rising sleep pressure and immature circadian rhythms can create seemingly erratic nap behavior that, in reality, follows a mathematically predictable pattern.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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“Infantilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantilized. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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