adultify en · VERB
Etymology
From adult + -ify, likely a back-formation from adultification.
Meanings
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To treat a non-adult like an adult.
Neil Postman argued for The Disappearance of Childhood in 1982, maintaining that television prematurely adultifies children by confronting them with crime and violence and other adult topics.
2014, Anita Wohlmann, Aged Young Adults: Age Readings of Contemporary American Novels and Films:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adultifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| adultified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| adultified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| adultifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |