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socialize

 verb
     
Related topics: Psychology, Psychiatry
so‧cial‧ize also socialise British English
1 [intransitive] to spend time with other people in a friendly way
socialize with
People don't socialize with their neighbours as much as they used to.
2 [transitive usually passive]SEMP to train someone to behave in a way that is acceptable in the society they are living in
socialize somebody into something
Girls are socialized into appropriate 'feminine' behavior.
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