missocialize
missocialize verb: to socialize inappropriately; to treat in a manner that encourages socially inappropriate behavior.
Verb
missocialize (third-person singular simple present missocializes, present participle missocializing, simple past and past participle missocialized)
- To socialize inappropriately; to treat in a manner that encourages socially inappropriate behavior.
- Corrupting refers to things that parents do that "missocialize" the child in some way by encouraging and reinforcing more antisocial or deviant patterns of behavior.1992, J. Patrick Gannon, Soul Survivors: A New Beginning for Adults Abused as Children, page 36
- A parent could maltreat a child through neglect by simply failing to provide age-appropriate experiences, or could deliberately missocialize the child by teaching the child to behave in ways that are inappropriate.2009, Monica L. McCoy, Stefanie M. Keen, Child Abuse and Neglect, page 92
Forms of missocialize
| third-person singular present | missocializes |
|---|---|
| present participle | missocializing |
| past participle | missocialized |
| past | missocialized |
| alternative form | missocialise |
Origin of missocialize
From mis- + socialize.
Questions about missocialize
- What does missocialize mean?
- Missocialize means to socialize inappropriately; to treat in a manner that encourages socially inappropriate behavior.
- What part of speech is missocialize?
- Missocialize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of missocialize?
- The past tense of missocialize is missocialized.
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