English Explanatory Dictionary

parentify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause (a child) to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.

Word forms

parentify parentifies parentifying parentified

Etymology

From parent + -ify.

Synonyms

parentize

Related words

parentification
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