Meaning of asocialize | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause to become asocial; to disconnect (someone or something) from society or societal norms.

transitive

Examples

“[…] the physician, in order that he may intelligently attempt to redirect the personality functions, desires to know what the life problems are which have led to this disorganizing and asocialized method of meeting them.”

“The hysterical claims and missionary-like zeal exhibited by groups who wish to impose their vision of the good upon others is symptomatic of certain asocializing forces in our society.”

“To optimists, the closing [of Alcatraz] was a sign of a new direction in American corrections. The aim would now be to socialize convicts rather than “asocialize” them by totally withdrawing them from society.”

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