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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

社会化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shakaika

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Socialization/ˌsoʊ.ʃəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"子どもにとって、遊びを通じた社会化は非常に大切である。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The lifelong process of inheriting, developing, and spreading norms, customs, and ideologies, providing the skills and habits necessary for participating within society.

    "Early childhood socialization plays a critical role in shaping a person's cultural values and interpersonal skills."
  2. 2

    The act of mixing socially with others or engaging in social activities.

    "The company organized team-building events to encourage the socialization of new employees."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English adjective 'social' (from Latin 'socialis', meaning companionable or allied), combined with the suffix '-ize' and the nominalizing suffix '-ation'. The term emerged in the late 19th century through sociological discourse, popularized to describe the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms, customs, and ideologies.

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