Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missocialize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-so-cial-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Example Sentences

"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."
"Further, some therapists have experienced appalling supervisory models, involving sexual advances and other improper behaviors, when they were students, which could missocialize them even before they begin to practice independently (Glaser & Thorpe, 1986; Pope, Levenson, & Schover, 1980)."

Etymology

From mis- + socialize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

missocializes (present, singular) missocializing (participle, present) missocialized (participle, past) missocialized (past) missocialise (alternative)

Questions

What does missocialize mean?: To socialize inappropriately; to treat in a manner that encourages socially inappropriate behavior.
Where does missocialize come from?: From mis- + socialize.

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