desocialize

[ dee-soh-shuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·so·cial·ized, de·so·cial·iz·ing.

1. to remove from a customary social environment:

   Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.

Other Words From

• de·social·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of desocialize¹

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + socialize