desocialize

[ dee-soh-shuh-lahyz ]

/ diˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /

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

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

Nearby words

desmosome, desmoulins, desna, desnood, deso, desocialize, desolate, desolation, desonide, desorb, desorption

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

Origin of desocialize

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + socialize

Related forms

de·so·cial·i·za·tion, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019