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Desocialize vs Resocialize - What's the difference?

desocialize | resocialize |

In transitive terms the difference between desocialize and resocialize

is that desocialize is to cause to cease to be politically socialist while resocialize is to socialize again or anew; to rehabilitate into society.

desocialize

English

Verb

(desocializ)
  • To take out of a social context; individualize.
  • *2008 , Jonathan Alexander, Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Composition Studies
  • *: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.
  • *1975 , A P J Van Rensburg, Contemporary Leaders of Africa
  • *:It was a painful process to desocialize and rehabilitate the Malian economy.
  • resocialize

    English

    Verb

    (resocializ)
  • To socialize again or anew; to rehabilitate into society.