infantilized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantilized
Adjective
  • If nothing else is done with those mice, that association will apparently be forgotten later in life due to infantile amnesia.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
  • If this is correct, is there a connection between song and the most basic infantile communication?
    Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The Empire is a manifesto opposing the most corrupt, childish film genre.
    Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Trump Turnberry calls pro-Palestinian group's actions a 'childish, criminal act' Police in Scotland said officers were investigating after receiving a report about the golf course being damaged around 4:40 a.m., a spokesperson for the department told Reuters and Fox News.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Disturbing New Details Emerge About the State of the Global Climate Chronic Climate Stressors Hadfield and her team identified three main ways that climate change affected adolescent mental health.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The low-scoring adolescent may not have enjoyed those same advantages and may have experienced stress due to poverty.
    Dalton Conley, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But this is actually largely driven by younger, college-age adults.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The Westies gang have to face off against the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, even as an internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership brews and the Westies face being swept up into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into organized crime.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Adult males, called boars, are emerging from their dens this month, with females and juvenile bears expected to follow in April and early May.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But with the White House continuing to insist that Goldberg lied and that nothing was classified, The Atlantic called their bluff and published them in full, complete with missile-launch schedules and juvenile fist-bump emojis.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.
    Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Infantilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantilized. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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