socialization
    n 1: the action of establishing on a socialist basis; "the
         socialization of medical services" [syn: socialization,
         socialisation]
    2: the act of meeting for social purposes; "there was too much
       socialization with the enlisted men" [syn: socialization,
       socialisation, socializing, socialising]
    3: the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding
       culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their
       culture" [syn: socialization, socialisation,
       acculturation, enculturation]