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The act or process of infantilizing, or treating a non-infant as an infant.

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infantilization

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Source Word

infantilization

countable uncountable

The act or process of infantilizing, or treating a non-infant as an infant.

Japanese Meaning

大人や成熟した人物を幼児のように扱う行為 / 非乳児に対して乳児のような扱いをするプロセスや態度

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The infantilization of older adults in media erodes their dignity and independence.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

メディアにおける高齢者の子ども扱いは、彼らの尊厳と自立を損ないます。

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The act or process of infantilizing, or treating a non-infant as an infant.

In the context of asexuality, it has led to the infantilization of people who are aspec, and in a lot of cases has pressured ace people to have sex, simply because they didn’t think not wanting to have sex was an option.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

infantilizations

（ plural ）

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