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missocialize en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + socialize.

Meanings

1. To socialize inappropriately; to treat in a manner that encourages socially inappropriate behavior.
   • Further, some therapists have experienced appalling supervisory models, involving sexual advances and other improper behaviors, when they were students, which could missocialize them even before they begin to practice independently (Glaser & Thorpe, 1986; Pope, Levenson, & Schover, 1980). 2015, Gerald P. Koocher, Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions, page 239:
   • A parent could maltreat a child through neglect by simply failing to provide age-appropriate experiences, or could deliberately missocialize the child by teaching the child to behave in ways that are inappropriate. 2009, Monica L. McCoy, Stefanie M. Keen, Child Abuse and Neglect, page 92:
   • Corrupting refers to things that parents do that "missocialize" the child in some way by encouraging and reinforcing more antisocial or deviant patterns of behavior. 1992, J. Patrick Gannon, Soul Survivors: A New Beginning for Adults Abused as Children, page 36:

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