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oversocialize

oversocialize verb: to socialize too much.

Verb

oversocialize (third-person singular simple present oversocializes, present participle oversocializing, simple past and past participle oversocialized)

  1. (intransitive) to socialize too much
  2. (transitive) to make someone socialize too much
    • "Because of the tendency to oversocialize females in our society, girls learn early to (over)control impulses, to be tractable, obedient, cautious, and self-sacrificing."1984, Jeanne H. Block, Sex Role Identity and Ego Development

Forms of oversocialize

third-person singular presentoversocializes
present participleoversocializing
past participleoversocialized
pastoversocialized

Origin of oversocialize

From over- + socialize.

Questions about oversocialize

What does oversocialize mean?
Oversocialize means to socialize too much.
What part of speech is oversocialize?
Oversocialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversocialize?
The past tense of oversocialize is oversocialized.

Words near oversocialize in the dictionary

  1. oversoared
  2. oversoaring
  3. oversoars
  4. oversocialised
  5. oversocialization
  6. oversocialize
  7. oversocialized
  8. oversocializes
  9. oversocializing
  10. oversock
  11. oversocks

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