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missocialize

verb

Etymology

From mis- + socialize.

  1. derived from sociālis — “of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”
  2. borrowed from social
  3. formed as socialize — “social + -ize”
  4. prefixed as missocialize — “mis + socialize”

Definitions

  1. To socialize inappropriately

    To socialize inappropriately; to treat in a manner that encourages socially inappropriate behavior.

    • Corrupting refers to things that parents do that "missocialize" the child in some way by encouraging and reinforcing more antisocial or deviant patterns of behavior.
    • A parent could maltreat a child through neglect by simply failing to provide age-appropriate experiences, or could deliberately missocialize the child by teaching the child to behave in ways that are inappropriate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA