oversocialize

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verb

to socialize too much

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Meanings

verboversocialize (third-person singular simple present oversocializes, present participle oversocializing, simple past and past participle oversocialized)

present singular third person oversocializes · participle present oversocializing · participle past oversocialized · past oversocialized

  1. intransitiveto socialize too much
  2. transitiveto make someone socialize too much

    "Because of the tendency to oversocialize females in our society, girls learn early to (over)control impulses, to be tractable, obedient, cautious, and self-sacrificing."

    1984, Jeanne H. Block, Sex Role Identity and Ego Development

Origin

From over- + socialize.

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APA

oversocialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversocialize

MLA

“oversocialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversocialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversocialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversocialize.

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