The process of losing social skills, connections, or the ability to function in society, often due to isolation or social withdrawal.
From prefix 'de-' (reversal) plus 'socialization' (the process of learning social behavior). A modern term describing the opposite of becoming social.
Desocialization happens to prisoners in isolation, people quarantined for long periods, and even long-term remote workers—their brains actually start losing social pathways.
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