to socialize
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8.4
- verb
- /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪz/
- Formal
:
socializar
- Students are not socialized to accept unquestionably the existing ideologies, institutions, and practices of the predominant group.
- socialized medicine
- socialize the economy
The printing money feels good, but it is socializing the losses.
- The printing money feels good, but it is socializing the losses.
- You know, that's, that's, as Ken Griffin puts it, privatizing gains but socializing losses.
- Now when you are putting that into a system where they can socialize losses.
- We, we to, to A, to great extent, we privatize profits and we socialize losses.
- We can essentially socialize the costs for our own spending across all of the people that hold that, including foreign nations.
Examples
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Also, the current health care bill is a step towards socialized medicine; don't be fooled.
Blog text (1) -
The government plans to socialize the healthcare system to ensure equal access for all citizens.
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Now when you are putting that into a system where they can socialize losses.
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Only socialized medicine will ever save the day
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And if you think socialized medicine is a good idea, ask a Canadian.
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Every state tries to socialize its citizens to assimilate its dominant political values.
Academic text (1999) -
Most scientists are socialized into their professions through laboratories, which are hotbeds of collaboration.
Academic text (2017) -
Through democratic practices, such as union elections, unions further emphasized democratic decision-making rules and socialized workers in democratic politics.
Academic text (1998) -
On Aug 1, 1918, the Federal government monopolized communications and socialized power and transportation as "natural monopolies."
Blog text (4) -
Activists argue that the government should socialize essential services like education and healthcare to combat inequality.
Synonyms
25
6.8
To bring an industry or company under government control
2
8.6
Put farms, land, and businesses into shared ownership controlled by the government or community
Make land, factories, or other resources owned by the whole community
Make something owned by the whole community instead of by private people
To make a country or institution follow Communist ideas
To make a country follow the government, rules, and culture of the Soviet Union
Make a country or group follow strict central control like Stalin used
Antonyms
How Socialized
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8.6
- Specialized
25
6.8
- Formal
28
8.4
- Formal
- US
61
6.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Socialize originally means 'make social' and comes from the Latin socius 'companion' and socialis 'of society'. So, to socialize an industry is to make it 'for the whole society' or put it under shared public control.