parentification
Parentifizierung, Parentifikation
A process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to its own…A process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.
Parentifizierung, Parentifikation
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
a process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as parent to its own parent:
Origin
From parent + -ification.From parent + -ification.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedparentify
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.