to socialize
- verb
- /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪz/
- Specialized
- Girls in the Netherlands, for example, may be socialized to be independent much earlier than girls in North America.
- socialize their children
- socializing our youth
- girls are socialized
I, I think they are socialized to not be able to express.
- I, I think they are socialized to not be able to express.
- One comes to the fact that genders are socialized differently.
- You must be socialising your puppies to extremely high standards.
- This is what you should be based on where you come from and based on how you've been socialized.
- You know, sexual harassment is just a ubiquitous experience in women's lives that we have been socialized to deescalate and to deal with.
- Women are socialized, nurtured to develop soft skills typically far sooner than men are.
- I believe we're born into tribes, we're heavily socialized and that we carve out space for our individualism.
- What can I do with my own attitudes and my what, how have I been socialized to believe that you're not supposed to be running on this road?
- I think they get socialized into a world where they believe there's particular skills and their mandate is, you know, what they should be doing.
- They don't appreciate me that I'm trying, like they're not socialized.
Examples
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The teacher worked hard to socialize the students so they could easily interact with each other.
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The present study offers support for the different ways in which children may be socialized into a specific sport.
Academic text (1999) -
Good way to socialize your kid.
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Kids will go anywhere, say anything, do anything until you teach them differently, socialize them as this world will do.
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The students have to learn to socialize, compromise, and share with each other.
Academic text (1993) -
Women are socialized, nurtured to develop soft skills typically far sooner than men are.
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An Indigenous student confidently took the lead, having been socialized into this practice in her community.
Academic text (2013) -
African American caregivers must socialize their children to survive in the sometimes conflicting cultural contexts of home and school.
Academic text (2013) -
Individuals within a culture are socialized to a particular set of doctrines, worldviews, and modes of thought.
Academic text (1994) -
So when they arrive at school they are normalised, socialised, ready, greedy, eager to learn and to get on with their fellow children at school.
Synonyms
Make a person or group more polite and socially aware
To make a wild animal or plant tame so it can live with people and provide food
Antonyms
How Socialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Socialize comes from the Latin socius 'companion' and socialis 'of society', meaning 'make part of society'. So, to socialize a child or animal is to teach them how to behave with others and become a member of the community.