socialize
verb (used with object)
to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
socialized
Example Sentences
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She understands why some people might struggle with cats’ independent nature and the fact that they’re not socialized like dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
People who engage in romantic relationships with men — women, femmes, gay men, etc. — are socialized to be ever-forgiving, to have infinite patience and compassion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Men — and this is not an excuse — are often not socialized to step in on these terms.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
That plus her alien’s compassion for troubled people ripened her and—the consequence of the knowledge she had made up or acquired—kept her just barely within the boundaries of the elaborately socialized world of black people.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
