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
  • His comment about Shildt mad dogging him was childish and hilarious.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • But their tit for tat antics on social media have come across as particularly childish given their immense wealth and responsibilities.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Injury and burnout were adult problems, far from my adolescent horizon.
    Ellen O'Connell Whittet June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
  • Katie Hurley, a child and adolescent psychotherapist and senior clinical advisor for The Jed Foundation, encourages parents to read the labels of any supplements or protein powders their sons are currently using or interested in trying.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • The core group of young professionals, both men and women aged 25-35, is joined by the next gen category of those age 18-24, now about a quarter of the business.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Los Angeles is getting a young piece that could improve quite a bit over the next two years.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Chief among these concerns are the misguided beliefs by some supporting the passage of legislation aimed at ensuring juvenile crimes start in the juvenile system, including heinous acts such as murder and rape.
    Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2025
  • Sharks don’t seek out humans and most incidents are cases of mistaken identity – including by juvenile sharks that fail to distinguish between humans and their prey, shark researchers have told CNN.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Insecure endpoints, poor management and generally immature cybersecurity practices created an ecosystem ripe with exploitable gaps.
    Thomas Ryd, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Moment Makers Group All cycles involved fresh oocytes (immature eggs found in the ovaries) from young donors (average age 26.1), frozen sperm from male partners and a single blastocyst embryo transfer.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
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“Infantilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantilized. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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