Definition of "desocialize"

desocialize

verb
third-person singular simple present desocializes, present participle desocializing, simple past and past participle desocialized
1. (transitive) To take out of a social context; individualize.
  Quotations
  As we desocialize sex and sexuality as purely personal aspects of existence, we begin to see how sexuality is tied to a number of norms...
  2008, Jonathan Alexander, Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Composition Studies
2. (transitive) To cause to withdraw from society.
  Quotations
  By twelve weeks puppies enter the juvenile stage, and it is at this stage that a negative experience can desocialize the pup.
  2004, Arden et al, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care
3. (transitive) To cause to cease to be politically socialist.
  Quotations
  It was a painful process to desocialize and rehabilitate the Malian economy.
  1975, A P J Van Rensburg, Contemporary Leaders of Africa