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infantilizer en · NOUN

Etymology

From infantilize + -er.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, often) A person who infantilizes others.
    • "Don't worry your pretty little head about it," an infantilizer I knew used to say to his wife. When she would ask about the family finances, his answer was always the same: "You wouldn't understand." 1992, Victoria Felton-Collins, Suzanne Blair Brown, Couples and Money, page 55:

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Hypernyms

patronizer