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missocializing

missocializing is the present participle and gerund of missocialize.

Meaning of missocialize

Verb

missocialize (third-person singular simple present missocializes, present participle missocializing, simple past and past participle missocialized)

  1. 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

Questions about missocializing

What is missocializing the present participle and gerund of?
Missocializing is the present participle and gerund of missocialize.

Words near missocializing in the dictionary

  1. missocialising
  2. missocialization
  3. missocialize
  4. missocialized
  5. missocializes
  6. missocializing
  7. missold
  8. Missolonghi
  9. missolve
  10. missolved
  11. missolves

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