socializedadj.
/ˈsəʊʃəlʌɪzd/, /ˈsəʊʃl̩ʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪzd/ 1. Civilized; made suitable for society. Now chiefly Social Sciences: having internalized the values and norms of a particular society or group; (of behaviour, an attitude, etc.) instilled by a process of socialization.
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society > [adjective] > rendered social
socialized1796
1796 G. Walker Theodore Cyphon i. 8 Not contented with..destroying..every connection which gives value to the existence of socialised man; he now hunted him like a beast of prey.
1845 Eclectic Rev. June 151/2 The Visigoth..[was] more intelligent, more socialized, more refined.
1848 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath i. 11 Divine worship, among socialised men, requires social agreement.
1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xiv. 195 The listing together of such different phenomena as, for example, optical projective illusions, hypnosis, and socialized behaviour as manifestations of ‘self-transcendence’ is arbitrary.
1970 Law & Society Rev. 5 142 Parent-child relations characterized by warmth and nurturance, combined with the maintenance of firm limits, produce the most socialized children.
1996 J. S. Bohan Psychol. & Sexual Orientation vii. 183 Among gay men, violence could reflect an element of socialized masculinity.
2. Made socialist; established or developed according to the principles of socialism; spec. (of an industry, company, etc.) financed with public funds, brought under public control.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > administered or organized with social aims
socialized1848
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [adjective] > established according to
socialized1848
1848 Examiner 16 Sept. 602/3 A socialised manufactory for which the state finds capital.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 2/2 The second part..takes place several years later in a rural commune of Socialized England.
1892 G. B. Shaw Fabian Soc. (Fabian Tract No. 41) 20 Thousands of thoroughly Socialized Radicals..who would have resisted Socialism fiercely if it had been forced on them.
1936 J. M. Keynes Gen. Theory Employment v. xix. 267 Except in a socialised community where wage-policy is settled by decree, there is no means of securing uniform wage reductions for every class of labour.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 15 June 12/3 For instance, at this moment the socialized railways of Britain face labor unrest of great intensity, the basic quarrel being over wages.
1973 Sci. Amer. Jan. 33/1 One [primate] in particular—the chimpanzee—not only cooperates in the work of the chase but also engages in a remarkably socialized distribution of the prey after the kill.
2006 K. J. Ferraro Neither Angels nor Demons 252 This poverty is not only the result of low-wage, service-sector jobs..and lack of socialized services such as child and health care.
Compounds
socialized medicine n. chiefly U.S. a system of medical care that is financed and administered by the state.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > system
panel system1872
socialized medicine1912
1912 Boston Daily Globe 29 July 6 Socialized medicine. When the British Medical Association can seriously consider a scheme..for a public medical service..the nationalization of medicine may not be so far away after all.
1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit ix. 82 ‘Goddam,’ muttered the American sourly, ‘why can't you Australians have Socialized Medicine like the Limies?’
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Oct. c4/2 If we do HillaryCare or socialized medicine, Canadians will have no place to go to get their health care.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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