desocialize

American  

[dee-soh-shuh-lahyz] / diˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪz /

especially British, desocialise

verb (used with object)

desocialized, desocializing

1. to remove from a customary social environment.

   Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.

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Other Word Forms

• desocialization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of desocialize

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + socialize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

desocialized desocializing

Recognizing the dangers of tobacco, we’ve desocialized its use over the past 50 years, devising rules and taboos about when and where one may smoke.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

The big question was how far and fast Prime Minister Holland would go in desocializing New Zealand.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition to the blight of character, wealth exerts a desocializing and divisive influence.

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter