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adjective
unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other
people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing;
threatening: an antisocial act.
opposed or detrimental to social order or the principles on which
society is constituted: antisocial behavior.
Psychiatry. of or relating to a pattern of behavior in which social
norms and the rights of others are persistently violated.
noun
a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
OTHER WORDS FOR antisocial
1 unsociable, retiring, misanthropic.
2 disruptive; intimidating.
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OPPOSITES FOR antisocial
1 gregarious; genial, affable.
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Origin of antisocial
First recorded in 1790-1800; anti- + social
OTHER WORDS FROM antisocial
an.ti.so.ci.al.i.ty, nounan.ti.so.cial.ly, adverb
Words nearby antisocial
antiskating, antiskid, antislavery, antismog, antismoking, antisocial,
antisocialist, antisocial personality, antisocial personality disorder,
antisolar, anti-Soviet
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Dictionary, (c) Random House, Inc. 2023
Words related to antisocial
alienated, introverted, standoffish, ascetic, asocial, austere, cold,
cynical, hermitlike, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved,
retiring, solitary, uncommunicative, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn
How to use antisocial in a sentence
* The researchers found that the child who was hit or yelled at more
often was consistently more likely to display delinquent or
antisocial behavior.
Americans are still spanking their kids. A new study shows how
harmful that is.|Caitlin Gibson|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
* If the twin who gets more harsh parenting is also the more
antisocial one, then that would suggest that there's some kind of
environmental component, and it's not genetic.
Americans are still spanking their kids. A new study shows how
harmful that is.|Caitlin Gibson|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
* There is no evidence that this induced change in free will beliefs
has any effect on morality, such as antisocial behavior, cheating,
conformity, or willingness to punish.
Do We Have Free Will? Maybe It Doesn't Matter - Facts So
Romantic|Jim Davies|April 7, 2021|Nautilus
* They couldn't connect with me, saw what they believed was me
pulling away and becoming antisocial.
Traditional school isn't always the way to go, and I wish my
parents had seen that earlier|Kenneth R. Rosen|February 5,
2021|Washington Post
* He rejects attempts to over-psychologize his subject while
admitting that he reportedly was exceedingly antisocial in many of
his traits.
Did Stalin's rise to power foretell the butchery that came
next?|Robert Service|October 30, 2020|Washington Post
* He was said to have had "antisocial issues," withdrawing and
refusing to participate in class.
We Already Know What Adam Lanza's Real Motive Was at Sandy
Hook|Michael Daly|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
* Surfing, skating, punk rock--these were all very antisocial and
rebellious at their births, but are now billion dollar industries.
U.S. Open of Surfing Turns Into Riot|Mark Lukach|July 31,
2013|DAILY BEAST
* He had all his digits and limbs and, to my knowledge, had committed
no antisocial acts with his legally obtained explosives.
Who's Safe With a Gun? Don't Ask a Shrink|Gary Greenberg|May 12,
2013|DAILY BEAST
* But boys and men who feel like losers in a deeply divided society
develop antisocial habits.
South Africa Rallies Against Fatal Gang Rape|Eusebius
McKaiser|February 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
* But when this witness began to act out in antisocial ways, his
mother sent him off to foster care.
Jerry Sandusky Trial, Day Four: `Was Mrs. Sandusky Home?'|Diane
Dimond|June 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
* Again a crowd--a mob is an example of this--may be distinctly
antisocial, if we attach any ethical meaning to the term.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
* It is antisocial in a case expressly meant by its final cause for
the triumph of sociality; 2.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas
De Quincey
* And so many survival reactions outlast their usefulness, becoming
essentially antisocial and antisurvival.
The Short Life|Francis Donovan
* Antisocial beings are almost always mentally and physically
dawdlers, who are incapable of continuous mental or physical
labour.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study|Jean-Marie
Guyau
* Even such antisocial persons as outlaws frequently move in bands
and have their chiefs.
Society|Henry Kalloch Rowe
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British Dictionary definitions for antisocial
antisocial
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adjective
avoiding the company of other people; unsociable
contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general
Derived forms of antisocial
antisocially, adverb
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