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desocializes

desocializes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desocialize.

Meaning of desocialize

Verb

desocialize (third-person singular simple present desocializes, present participle desocializing, simple past and past participle desocialized)

  1. (transitive) To take out of a social context; individualize.
    • As we desocialize sex and sexuality as purely personal aspects of existence, we begin to see how sexuality is tied to a number of norms...2008, Jonathan Alexander, Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Composition Studies
  2. (transitive) To cause to withdraw from society.
    • By twelve weeks puppies enter the juvenile stage, and it is at this stage that a negative experience can desocialize the pup.2004, Arden et al, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care
  3. (transitive) To cause to cease to be politically socialist.
    • It was a painful process to desocialize and rehabilitate the Malian economy.1975, A P J Van Rensburg, Contemporary Leaders of Africa

Questions about desocializes

What is desocializes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Desocializes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desocialize.

Words near desocializes in the dictionary

  1. desocialising
  2. desocialization
  3. desocializations
  4. desocialize
  5. desocialized
  6. desocializes
  7. desocializing
  8. desodiation
  9. desodiations
  10. desogestrel
  11. desoil

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