"desocialize" meaning in English

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          "text": "As we desocialize sex and sexuality as purely personal aspects of existence, we begin to see how sexuality is tied to a number of norms...",
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        "To take out of a social context; individualize."
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        "(transitive) To take out of a social context; individualize."
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          "text": "2004, Arden et al, The Angell Memorial Animal Hospital Book of Wellness and Preventive Care\nBy twelve weeks puppies enter the juvenile stage, and it is at this stage that a negative experience can desocialize the pup."
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        "To cause to withdraw from society."
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        "(transitive) To cause to withdraw from society."
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        "To cause to cease to be politically socialist."
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        "(transitive) To cause to cease to be politically socialist."
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        "(transitive) To take out of a social context; individualize."
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