adultize

== English == === Alternative forms === adultise (non-Oxford British spelling) === Etymology === From adult +‎ -ize. === Verb === adultize (third-person singular simple present adultizes, present participle adultizing, simple past and past participle adultized) (American and Oxford British spelling) (transitive, sociology, psychology) To raise (a child) in such a way that it adopts adult behaviors earlier than is usual. ==== Derived terms ==== adultization ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Verb === adultize inflection of adultizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative