desocialize

desocialize
\(ˈ)dē, də̇+\ transitive verb
Etymology: de- + socialize
: to deprive of sociality

industrialization tends to desocialize man

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/dee soh"sheuh luyz'/, v.t., desocialized, desocializing.
to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
Also, esp. Brit., desocialise.
[1885-90; DE- + SOCIALIZE]

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desocialize, -ation
see de- II. 1.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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