As a verb infantilize
is to reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
As a noun teenager is
teenager.
infantilize
English
Verb
(infantiliz)
To reduce (a person) to the state or status of an infant.
To treat (a person) like a child.
teenager
English
(Adolescence)
Noun
(
en noun)
(countable) Literally, a person from thirteen'' to nine''teen who is in their teens; an adolescent.
Usage notes
Sometimes only refers up to the legal minor limit in many countries of eighteen years old, or sometimes only refers up to the point of high school graduation. In the earlier years, sometimes referred to as a youth; in later years, sometimes referred to as a young adult.
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