v. [f. as prec. + -IZE: mod.F. crétiniser.] trans. To reduce to the condition of a cretin. Hence Cretinized ppl. a.
1858. Sat. Review, V. 16/2. No Jesuit, seeking to cretinize humanity for pious purposes.
1869. Daily News, 30 June, 5/3. It is not Society as usually understood. That in time would cretinize an archangel.
1876. Freeman, Hist. & Archit. Sk., 315. The wretched look of the dwarfed, diseased, and cretinized inhabitants.
