adultize

English

Etymology

From adult +‎ -ize.

Verb

adultize (third-person singular simple present adultizes, present participle adultizing, simple past and past participle adultized)

1. (transitive, sociology, psychology) To raise (a child) in such a way that it adopts adult behaviors earlier than is usual.
   • 1986, Joanne Rand Whitmore, Intellectual Giftedness in Young Children: Recognition and Development, page 86:

     Talk with them in an adult manner, but do not "adultize" them. Do not expect them to be miniature adults.

Related terms

• adultization

Translations

to raise a child such that he adopts adult behaviors earlier

• Portuguese: adultizar

Portuguese

Verb

adultize

1. inflection of adultizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative