babify

To encourage to behave like a baby; to infantilize.

Verb

  1. To encourage to behave like a baby; to infantilize.

    transitive

    • Civilizational elites infantilize nonelites to keep them powerless. By letting elites babify us, we lose power. - 2000, David Kowalewski, Deep Power: The Political Ecology of Wilderness and Civilization, page 21
    • If you continue to indulge you child, babify him, or take away the consequences for her irresponsible behavior, you can rest assured that in the long run you will not produce a respectful, dependable adult. - 2006, Mary-Elaine Jacobsen, chapter 3, in The Brat Stops Here!: 5 Weeks (or Less) to No More Tantrums, Arguing, Or Bad Behavior, page 61

Origin

From baby + -fy.

Forms

babifies babifying babified babyfy