parentify

English

Etymology

parent + -ify

Verb

parentify (third-person singular simple present parentifies, present participle parentifying, simple past and past participle parentified)

  1. (intransitive, sociology, psychology) To cause (a child) to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.
    Synonym: parentize
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