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Meaning of desocialize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To take out of a social context; individualize.
    transitive
  2. To cause to withdraw from society.
    transitive
  3. To cause to cease to be politically socialist.
    transitive

Examples

“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...”
“2004, Arden et al, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care By twelve weeks puppies enter the juvenile stage, and it is at this stage that a negative experience can desocialize the pup.”
“It was a painful process to desocialize and rehabilitate the Malian economy.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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