adultify

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adultify

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From adult + -ify, likely a back-formation from adultification.

verb adultifies · adultifying · adultified

To treat a non-adult like an adult. Neil Postman argued for The Disappearance of Childhood in 1982, maintaining that television prematurely adultifies children by confronting them with crime and violence and other adult topics.
Opposite: infantilize

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"adultify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adultify. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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adultify. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adultify

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"adultify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adultify.

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@misc{adultify_2026,
  title = {adultify},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adultify},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}