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to socialize

to socialize

18 3.5
To teach a person or animal how to behave with others
  • verb
  • /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : socializar
  • 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.

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Examples

  • The teacher worked hard to socialize the students so they could easily interact with each other.

  • 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.

  • Kids will go anywhere, say anything, do anything until you teach them differently, socialize them as this world will do.

  • 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.

  • 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

to civilize
vsto socialize
10 4.4

Make a person or group more polite and socially aware

is focused on training behavior to meet society's rules and expectations
to domesticize
vsto socialize
  • US
8.5

To make a wild animal or plant tame so it can live with people and provide food

focuses on teaching social rules rather than making someone docile or tamed

Antonyms

256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

123 6.7

To make someone feel alone and lose support from others

How Socialized

to integrate
75 4.1
to socialize
  • Specialized
18 3.5
to train
1.0
to expose
479 3.2

Surface Forms

socialize infinitive
socialise infinitive
socialized past
socialised past
socialized past participle
socialised past participle
socializing present participle
socialising present participle
socializes third person singular
socialises third person singular

Morphology

socialize = social (transparent) = social + ize

Formed by adding '-ize' to 'social' meaning 'make or train to be social', which is a directly inferable meaning.

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.