Definition of Socialisation

1. Noun. The action of establishing on a socialist basis. "The socialization of medical services"

Exact synonyms: Socialization
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Derivative terms: Socialise, Socialize

2. Noun. The act of meeting for social purposes. "There was too much socialization with the enlisted men"
Exact synonyms: Socialising, Socialization, Socializing
Generic synonyms: Coming Together, Meeting
Derivative terms: Socialise, Socialise, Socialize, Socialize

3. Noun. The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture. "The socialization of children to the norms of their culture"

Definition of Socialisation

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of socialization) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Socialisation

social stigma
social stigmas
social stratification
social structure
social studies
social support
social system
social therapy
social trading
social unit
social values
social welfare
social work
social worker
social workers
socialisation (current term)
socialise
socialised
socialised medicine
socialiser
socialisers
socialises
socialising
socialism
socialisms
socialist
socialist economy
socialist realism
socialistic
socialistically

Literary usage of Socialisation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Constructive Rural Sociology by John Morris Gillette (1915)
"socialisation commonly refers to the historical process of developing in individuals ... socialisation as applied to objects and institutions consists in ..."

2. The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori (1912)
"The " Children's House " marks still another triumph; it is the first step toward the socialisation of the house. The inmates find under their own roof the ..."

3. The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori, Anne E. George, Henry Wyman Holmes (1912)
"... The " Children's House " marks still another triumph; it is the first step toward the socialisation of the house. The inmates find under their own roof ..."

4. A Constitution for the Socialist Commonwealth of Great Britain by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1920)
"CHAPTER II SOME LEADING CONSIDERATIONS IN THE socialisation OF INDUSTRIES AND ... Nor need it be imagined that this progressive " socialisation," which has ..."

5. English Socialism of To-day: Its Teaching and Its Aims Examined by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (1908)
"... EXAMINED—(continued) Equality of opportunity—Equal division of profits—socialisation of means of production—The taxation of unearned incomes EQUALITY OF ..."

6. The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793 by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin (1909)
"... THE socialisation OF LAND, INDUSTRIES, MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE AND EXCHANGE Communist movement and land—Economic importance of land—Agrarian proposals—View ..."

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