desocialize
[ dee-soh-shuh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object),de·so·cial·ized, de·so·cial·iz·ing.
to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
Origin of desocialize
1- Also especially British, de·so·cial·ise .
Other words from desocialize
- de·so·cial·i·za·tion, noun
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