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SOCIALIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does socialized mean?
• SOCIALIZED (adjective)
The adjective SOCIALIZED has 1 sense:
1. under group or government control
Familiarity information: SOCIALIZED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under group or government control
Synonyms:
socialised; socialized
Context example:
socialized medicine
Similar:
liberal (tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition)
Context examples
The treated mice socialized more and their characteristic rodent sweet tooth came back.
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