Oversocialize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    to socialize too much intransitive
  2. 2
    to make someone socialize too much transitive

    ""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.""

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""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.""

Etymology

From over- + socialize.

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