Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.

    Socialization skills are important things to learn in kindergarten.

    Sozialisation

    социализа́цияsocializácija

    соціалізаціяsocializacija

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of interacting with others, of being social.

    Forced socialization rarely creates strong friendships, but there are exceptions.

    the act of meeting for social purposes

  3. (countable, uncountable)Taking under government control as implementing socialism.

    socialization of the means of production

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Every type of socialization requires a lie.

    ruВсякое общение по природе своей нуждается во лжи.

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  2. In every society, we discern a series of socialization mechanisms to make our coexistence with the others possible.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sociology: the process of learning one’s culture:
Русский
By meaning 1
sociology: the process of learning one’s culture:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sociology: the process of learning one’s culture:

Origin

From socialize + -ation or social + -ization.

From socialize + -ation or social + -ization.

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Forms

plural: socializations

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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