socialization

Noun socialization has 3 senses

• socialization(n = noun.act) socialisation - the action of establishing on a socialist basis; "the socialization of medical services"
is a kind of group action
Derived form verb socialize₄

• socialization(n = noun.act) socialisation, socialising, socializing - the act of meeting for social purposes; "there was too much socialization with the enlisted men"
is a kind of coming together, meeting
Derived form verb socialize₁

• socialization(n = noun.act) acculturation, enculturation, socialisation - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"
is a kind of social control
has particulars: cultivation, breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
Derived forms verb socialize₃, verb socialize₂