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单词 socialize
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socializev.

Brit. /ˈsəʊʃəlʌɪz/, /ˈsəʊʃl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪz/
Forms: 1700s– socialise, 1700s– socialize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: social adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < social adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French socialiser to make suitable for society (1781), to make socialist, to make collective (1831). With sense 3 compare slightly earlier socializing n.
1. transitive. poetic. To court or desire (a state or quality). Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1743 A. Hill Fanciad vi. 52 In the Sun-set of a conqu'ring State, Shou'd Gaul's vain Sons dispute their Conqu'ror's Weight? Or partial German (socializing Fame) Bid Indistinction drown connected Name?
1771 ‘The Trifler’ Muse in Miniature 3 I'm told that there thou sit'st in museful mood, Socializing solitude.
2. transitive. To civilize, to make suitable for society. Now chiefly Social Sciences: to instil in (a person) the values and norms of his or her society or group.
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society > [verb (transitive)]
socialize1765
1765 tr. A. Goudar Chinese Spy V. iii. 8 A certain turn of petty second causes have in this century socialised them [sc. the English] a little [Fr. Un certain arrangement de petites causes secondes l'unit un peu dans ce siècle].
1797 C. Bingham Columbian Orator 239 Be thy white sail unfurl'd, Not to corrupt, but to socialize the world.
1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) I. 382 Pisistratus refined the taste and socialized the habits of the citizens.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xxiv. 548 Socialising and improving the people.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 254 He [sc. the wrongdoer] is imperfectly socialised.
1957 O. R. McGregor Divorce in Eng. iii. 79 With horrifying overcrowding..the family could not be a stable, ongoing concern. Children were brutally socialised.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 31 July 1/2 She is convinced..that women traditionally have failed to excel physically because they were socialized to think they could not.
2006 M. H. Goodwin Hidden Life of Girls i. 8 Girls use language to socialize one another into a particular view of their social landscape.
3. intransitive. To be sociable, participate in social activities; to mix socially with.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > [verb (intransitive)] > participate in social events
show1631
racket1650
to go into society1788
to get around1798
socialize1841
butterfly1855
circulate1856
1841 G. L. D. Damer Diary Tour Greece, Turkey, Egypt & Holy Land II. ix. 153 A country where the inhabitants neither habitually dance, sing, sup, nor socialize.
1852 Littell's Living Age 3 July 34/2 America and China begin to mingle and socialize.
1900 Dial. Notes 2 62 Socialize,..to talk with one of the opposite sex.
1934 Amer. Speech 9 76 Did you socialize much in Atlantic City?.. I am not going to socialize much this winter.
1966 J. Pearl Crucifixion of Pete McCabe ii. 21 McCabe could socialize with any of his three neighbours.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. 6/2 They're hard to spot because they don't like to sit around in trees and socialize with other birds.
2007 Somerset County Gaz. (Nexis) 21 Dec. The group provides a Sunday club for people with mental ill-health to meet and socialize.
4. transitive. To make socialist in nature; to establish or develop according to the principles of socialism; spec. to bring under state ownership or public control, to finance with public funds. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > establish on socialist principles [verb (transitive)]
socialize1846
society > [verb (transitive)] > administer or organize with social aims in view
socialize1889
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Socialize,..to regulate or conform to the principles of the Socialists.
1850 Reynold's Weekly Newspaper 9 June 4/6 A people..who are perfect slaves to landlords and capitalists, cannot socialize society.
1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 50 It is the municipalities which have done most to ‘socialize’ our industrial life.
1920 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 6/1 The Fehrenbach Cabinet is being increasingly pressed to Socialise, and first of all to Socialise coal.
1938 Sun (Baltimore) 15 June 2/3 Discussions as to what the medical association and the Government might do about ‘socializing’ or financing with public funds the medical treatment of economically submerged individuals.
1995 J. Newton Feminist Challenge to Canad. Left iv. 58 Socialism would abolish the isolated housewife and would socialize domestic labour.
2004 Lowell (Mass.) Sun (Nexis) 16 July Subsidize patients, don't socialize the industry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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