Meanings
plural socializations · alternative socialisation
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe 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.
- countableuncountableThe act of interacting with others, of being social.
Forced socialization rarely creates strong friendships, but there are exceptions.
- countableuncountableTaking under government control as implementing socialism.
socialization of the means of production
1 more example
No doubt he hoped, like Marx, that the socialization of production would make it possible to reconcile man's dominion over nature with the claims of his personal life, and effect a synthesis of the two.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 205
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of meeting for social purposes
nounthe adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From socialize + -ation or social + -ization.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian общуване
- общуване (obštuvane)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Catalan socialització
- socialitzaciósociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Chinese Mandarin 社會化 /社会化
- 社會化 /社会化 (shèhuìhuà)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Czech socializace
- socializacesociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Dutch socialisatie
- socialisatiesociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Finnish sosialisaatio
- sosialisaatiosociology: the process of learning one’s culture
French socialisation
- socialisationsociology: the process of learning one’s culture
German Sozialisation
- Sozialisationsociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Greek κοινωνικοποίηση
- κοινωνικοποίηση (koinonikopoíisi)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Hebrew חִבְרוּת
- חִבְרוּת (ḥivrút)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Icelandic félagsmótun
- félagsmótunsociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Indonesian sosialisasi
- sosialisasisociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Italian socializzazione
- socializzazionesociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Japanese 社会化
- 社会化 (shakaika)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Malay pemasyarakatan, sosialisasi
- pemasyarakatansociology: the process of learning one’s culture
- sosialisasisociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Polish socjalizacja
- socjalizacjasociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Portuguese socialização, sociabilização
- socializaçãosociology: the process of learning one’s culture
- sociabilizaçãosociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Russian социализа́ция
- социализа́ция (socializácija)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Spanish socialización, sociabilización
- socializaciónsociology: the process of learning one’s culture
- sociabilizaciónsociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Ukrainian соціалізація
- соціалізація (socializacija)sociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Welsh cymdeithasoliad
- cymdeithasoliadsociology: the process of learning one’s culture
Cite this entry
socialization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socialization
“socialization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socialization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “socialization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socialization.
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