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infantilize

verb trans.

to treat someone as a child or in a way that denies their maturity
jimmy infantilizes his friends all the time
infantilize by jeny September 11, 2007

Infantsizing 

Prospective adoptive parents who choose the birth mother at an early stage of pregnancy. They then gather information about race of birth father, with everything done in a very calculating manner. They will not consider adopting a child other than one that meets their standard. They are the customers of adoption facilities that epitomize these met standards. See Baby Glommer, and Baby Gloaming
Are you just day-dreaming or infantsizing?
Infantsizing by gravy111 November 27, 2010

male infanticide 

To kill an infant or baby because they are male.
Male infanticide is virtually zero in comparison to female infanticide.

In past centuries male infanticide has been used as a war tactic in controlling nations by limiting the numbers of men that can fight in wars.
male infanticide by The Moody Poet February 3, 2007

infanticide 

The killing of an infant under the age of one year.

Some people argue that abortion is also infanticide. In some cases abortion is needed to save the pregnant mother because of severe medical problems that would result in the death of the pregnant mother, but in other cases abortion has been used as an elective surgery to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

There are different forms of abortions from Medical Abortion, Therapeutic Abortion, Spontaneous Abortion, Induced Abortion, Surgical Abortion, Sex-Selective Abortion, Backyard Abortion and Elective Abortion.

In some countries infanticide has been argued that if a child is born with a congenital disorder or significant morbidity i.e. very retarded or fucked up, that infanticide should be allowed. This is in my opinion could also be called Infant Euthanasia or murder.
Infanticide has been found to exist in over populated countries where poverty is massive i.e. China and India.

Child sacrifice is another form of infanticide.

To leave your baby in the middle of nowhere to the elements of nature is infanticide.

To abandon your baby to die because the baby is female and you have to pay a dowry is female infanticide.
infanticide by The Moody Poet February 3, 2007
to be made an infant. parents and society often try to do this to teen men and women.
like when of the news they call someone under 18 a child ect.
my mothed is trying to infantise me.
Infantise by Deep blue 2012 August 29, 2009

female infanticide

To kill an infant because they are female.
In some cultures males are more highly regarded and valued than females, which can cause female infanticide i.e. China 2007 maintains a rule, the One Child Policy, that you can only have one child, or be severely penalized for having more than one child.

Hindu's and Muslim's have a long tradition of females having to be married with a dowry, which can lead to poorer families committing female infanticide.