infantilized

adjective

as in infantile

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Recent Examples of infantilized When one friend is habitually the payer, others may feel grateful, indebted, infantilized or even relieved. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Del Toro presents Oscar Isaac’s Frankenstein and Elordi’s Creature less as equals terrorizing each other and more as an abusive father and neglected son, a dynamic that keeps the Creature in a sort of infantilized state. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantilized
  1. infantile
  2. childish
  3. babyish
  4. adolescent
  5. young
  6. juvenile
  7. immature
Adjective
  • Ultimately, kneading is a multi-faceted trait, showcasing how domestication retains infantile aspects in adult cats.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Miami’s infantile offense can’t afford to carry this team.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
Definition of infantile
Adjective
  • The basics of investing are set out in accessible, but not childish, terms, and the little tutorials are free of any hint of edutainment or corniness.
    — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The portrait of Musk that emerges here is that of a childish, terminally online man who desires to eliminate the messiness of contemporary life for a more rigid order.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of childish
Adjective
  • Suzanne O’Donnell, an accomplished regional theater actor with a lot of Shakespeare on her resume, plays Penrose as both a warm mothering figure to these two occasionally babyish men but does not downplay the character’s pragmatic side.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of babyish
Adjective
  • As an adolescent, Machado was a regular visitor at the plant.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • At sixteen, much of the poem went over my head, but I was truly moved by the adolescent anger and confusion of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of adolescent
Adjective
  • This might help teach younger generations how to hunt, Higuera says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Miami-Dade lost roughly 10,000 residents last year — an exodus that experts say skews young.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of young
Adjective
  • Richard Sher’s panel of Tonya Bana, Tyrone Keys, Rick Vatz and Sheila Dixon discuss juvenile violence in Baltimore.
    — Bill Wachsberger, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
  • My client was a juvenile charged in adult court who struggled with significant mental health issues and limited comprehension.
    — Schnelle Tonge, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Definition of juvenile
Adjective
  • Edamame Edamame are young, immature soybeans harvested early.
    — Eleesha Lockett, Verywell Health, 17 July 2026
  • The majority of the pest detections have been of immature life stages of the insect such as egg masses.
    — Lizzie Kane July 9, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of immature

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“Infantilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantilized. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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