desocialize

[ dee-soh-shuh-lahyz ]

/ diˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /

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verb (used with object), de·so·cial·ized, de·so·cial·iz·ing.

to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Also especially British, de·so·cial·ise .

Origin of desocialize

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + socialize

de·so·cial·i·za·tion, noun