socialization

== English == === Alternative forms === socialisation === Etymology === From socialize +‎ -ation or social +‎ -ization. === Pronunciation === === Noun === socialization (countable and uncountable, plural socializations) (sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children. The act of interacting with others, of being social. Taking under government control as implementing socialism. socialization of the means of production ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “socialization”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “socialization”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.