— infantilization , n.
/in"feuhn tl uyz', -tuy luyz', in fan"tl uyz'/ , v.t., infantilized, infantilizing .
1. to keep in or reduce to an infantile state.
2. to treat or regard as infantile or immature.
Also, esp. Brit., infantilise .
[ 1940-45; INFANTILE + -IZE, or by back formation from infantilization ]