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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
infantilise .
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Examples
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It infantilises, stripping the prisoner of all sense of responsibility.
The decision to finally grant prisoners the right to vote is down to money Erwin James 2010
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Read Professor Nussbaum on the moment "autonomy violation" in women becomes "autonomy denial", which infantilises women and infects internet porn.
The Offensive Internet edited by Saul Levmore and Martha C Nussbaum – review 2011
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In general, I think well-written gay villains represent a step forward, a move beyond the woolly-minded clichés of "positive" stereotyping which fetishizes (teh gayz are * soooo* fabulous, I must have one for my BFF!) or infantilises (teh gays are * sooooo* fabulous, with their sass and silliness and scorn for all solemnity!).
Kings Hal Duncan 2009
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Because it infantilises Politics by allowing people to avoid the balancing process in their own minds and vote in single issues, not coherent manifestos.
Archive 2008-01-06 Newmania 2008
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Because it infantilises Politics by allowing people to avoid the balancing process in their own minds and vote in single issues, not coherent manifestos.
How Boring Am I ? Newmania 2008
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Because Unionism infantilises Scotland against making such decisions the powers that be have a smaller array of blunt policy instruments to redress the balance - such as minimum pricing.
Coors boost for minimum pricing Jeff 2009
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On the other hand there is no point in pretending the state can protect evryone from bad luck and bad times and this pretence infantilises adults.
A Fire Raging in Islington Newmania 2007
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Anon 12: 57 - actually I agree with you completely and think you make an important point: this pretence infantilises adults.
A Fire Raging in Islington Newmania 2007
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How it infantilises intelligent grown-up people, and makes them think like dependent children - with the State as their grumpy, patronising, disapproving benefactor.
Archive 2009-07-01 juliette 2009
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How it infantilises intelligent grown-up people, and makes them think like dependent children - with the State as their grumpy, patronising, disapproving benefactor.
Crappy Families juliette 2009
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