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Infantilize in a sentence

Infantilize meaning

  1. To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
  2. To treat (a person) like a child.

Using Infantilize

  • The main meaning on this page is: To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant. | To treat (a person) like a child.

Context around Infantilize

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

people 1× bans 1×

Sentence patterns with Infantilize

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

so people infantilize you 1× these bans infantilize and patronize 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i feel like 1× rodriguez claims that 1×

Common sentence endings:

people infantilize you 1× they know better 1×

Words around Infantilize

Just before it in the word index:

infantilism 2 infantilising 3 infantilised 3 infantile 45 infantil 3 infanticide 70

Just after it in the word index:

infantilizing 5 infantino 101 infantry 1.240 infantryman 30 infantrymen 60 infants 539

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Infantilize

  • In this selection, "infantilize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, people and bans stand out and add context to how "infantilize" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include so people infantilize you and these bans infantilize and patronize. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "infantilize" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with infantilize

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I feel like there’s such ignorance around disability, so people infantilize you. (13 words)

Rodriguez claims that these bans “infantilize and patronize women” at the hands of other women who think they know better. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Rodriguez claims that these bans “infantilize and patronize women” at the hands of other women who think they know better. (20 words)

I feel like there’s such ignorance around disability, so people infantilize you. (13 words)

Example sentences (2)

I feel like there’s such ignorance around disability, so people infantilize you.

Rodriguez claims that these bans “infantilize and patronize women” at the hands of other women who think they know better.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "infantilize" in a sentence?
An example: "I feel like there’s such ignorance around disability, so people infantilize you." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "infantilize" from authentic English texts.
What does "infantilize" mean?
Infantilize means: To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
How many example sentences with "infantilize" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "infantilize", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.