infantalize

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infantalize (third-person singular simple present infantalizes, present participle infantalizing, simple past and past participle infantalized)

  1. Misspelling of infantilize.
    • 1983 December 10, Nancy A. F. Langer, quoting John Ostwalt, “Different Abilities, Same Queer Pleasures”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 8:
      Caretakers infantalize the disabled in order to cope with their own fears about disability.