Infantilization
Infantilization is the prolonged treatment of one who has a mental capacity greater than that of a child as though they are a child. When used in reference to teenagers or adolescents, the term typically suggests that teenagers and their potential are underestimated in modern society, and/or that adolescents are often regarded as though they are younger than their actual age. Studies have shown that an individual, when infantilized, is overwhelmingly likely to feel disrespected. Such individuals may report a sense of transgression akin to dehumanization. There can be an overlap between the terms "infantilization" and "patronization", although infantilization  derives more specifically from a sense of age group or hierarchical seniority on the part of those responsible for infantilization. The act of infantilizing others has been associated with narcissists. Infantilization may also refer to a process when a child is being treated in a manner appropriate only for younger children. In property law, infantilization is defined as “the restriction of an individual’s or group’s autonomy based on the failure to recognize and respect their full capacity to reason." When infantilization is coupled with property takeover, the result is a dignity taking. There are several examples of dignity  takings, including wage theft from undocumented workers where the power imbalance allows employers to rob workers of their agency and avenues for redress;  the dispossession of property from African Americans in the South Carolina sea islands by predatory tax buyers who routinely infantilized their victims by overwhelming them with paperwork and timelines to accelerate foreclosures; and the unequal division of matrimonial property in southern Nigeria following divorce that assumes women are less capable of managing property and thus infantilizes them.