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neotenize ‎(三人称単数 現在形 neotenizes, 現在分詞 neotenizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 neotenized)

1. (transitive) To regard (an adult person または animal) as a child; to infantilize.
   • 1992, The Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Chose Domestication

     Among the explanations for why we in Western culture, and particularly contemporary American society, neotenize our animals as we do is our need to gain a sense of control over them.