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socialization

socialization

1 7.4
Putting industries or services under state ownership
  • noun
  • /ˌsoʊʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • US
translation icon : socialización
  • John Paul also did not hesitate to declare himself in favor of the socialization of certain means of production (Le-14).
  • socialization of property
  • socialization of the means

Examples

  • In addition, the government has also taken steps to reduce the involvement of the military in political socialization efforts.

    Academic text (2002)
  • FDR made the depression worse with socialization and extended it by many years.

    Blog text (29)
  • By this, Leninists mean something like "universal nationalization of wealth" or "socialization of all resources and industries."

    Blog text (5)
  • Well, the socialization of virtually anything changes important parameters: motivation, incentives, and desire to innovate.

    Blog text (12)
  • One former Sandinista feminist activist observed, "Sandinismo was revolutionary ... in society, in the socialization of property."

    Academic text (1999)
  • They furthermore questioned the validity of the argument that the socialization of the means of production automatically changes sexist ideology.

    Academic text (2000)
  • A progressive technique, Benjamin seems to believe, has the capacity to transform the existing relations of production and thereby lead, as Marx put it, to social revolution—to the socialization of the means of production.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Together with the organization of a network of state farms and communal villages, Cahora Bassa would, in the Marxist parlance of FRELIMO, be instrumental in the socialization of the countryside.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The government announced plans for the socialization of the healthcare system to improve access for all citizens.

  • Many advocates argue that the socialization of essential services can reduce inequality in society.

Synonyms

nationalization
vssocialization
  • Specialized
9 7.0

Taking a business or industry into government ownership

focuses on state control specifically guided by socialist principles
collectivization
vssocialization
3 9.6

An action that makes farms and factories owned by the government or community

stresses collective ownership as a system rather than specific state takeover
communization
vssocialization
  • Formal
1 9.9

The process of moving property and businesses from private owners to the state or community

emphasizes state control under socialist principles rather than broader community rule
communalization
vssocialization
9.1

Putting private property or services into community ownership so people share control

involves community rather than state ownership under socialist principles

How Socialized

socialization
  • US
1 7.4
nationalization
  • Specialized
9 7.0
mixed economy
  • Specialized
2 4.1
privatization
  • US
61 6.7

Surface Forms

socialization singular
socialisation singular

Morphology

socialization = socialize (semi-transparent) = social + ize + ation

Morphologically regular (social -> socialize -> socialization), but the political/economic sense of transferring ownership is specialized and may not be predictable to general learners.

Etymology

Socialization comes from social, from the old Latin socius meaning 'companion' or 'society', and the parts -ize and -ation meaning 'to make' and 'the process of'. So, in politics socialization can mean the process of making industries part of the public system or giving them state control.