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desocialize

American  
[dee-soh-shuh-lahyz] / diˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /
especially British, desocialise

verb (used with object)

desocialized, desocializing

  1. to remove from a customary social environment.

    Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.

Other Word Forms

  • desocialization noun

Etymology

Origin of desocialize

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + socialize

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