desocialize

 [dee-soh-shuh-lahyz]  

de·so·cial·ize

   [dee-soh-shuh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), de·so·cial·ized, de·so·cial·iz·ing.
to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
Also, especially British, de·so·cial·ise.

Origin:
1885–90; de- + socialize

Related forms
de·so·cial·i·za·tion, noun
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