desocialize
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3ADJ.
painful
VERB + DESOCIALIZE
process
DESOCIALIZE + NOUN
sex, sexuality
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To take out of a social context; individualize.
As we desocialize sex and sexuality as purely personal aspects of existence, we begin to see how sexuality is tied to a number of norms...
To cause to withdraw from society.
2004, Arden et al, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care By twelve weeks puppies enter the juvenile stage, and it is at this stage that a negative experience can desocialize the pup.
To cause to cease to be politically socialist.
It was a painful process to desocialize and rehabilitate the Malian economy.
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3As we desocialize sex and sexuality as purely personal aspects of existence, we begin to see how sexuality is tied to a number of norms...
Wiktionary2004, Arden et al, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care By twelve weeks puppies enter the juvenile stage, and it is at this stage that a negative experience can des
WiktionaryIt was a painful process to desocialize and rehabilitate the Malian economy.
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