Definition of "socialization" [socialization]

• The process of learning one’s culture and how to live within it. (noun)
• The act of interacting with others, of being social. (noun)
• Taking under government control as implementing socialism. (noun)

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• "Does the term socialization have any meaning anymore?"
• "Further, while the term socialization certainly doesn't mean socialism quite the opposite! is nonetheless a bold and provocative term for the Pope to use."
• "Midwifery—i.e., the delivery of real babies of which not the midwife but nature is the cause—describes teaching more adequately than does the word socialization."