antisocial
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.
a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
Origin of antisocial
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Other words from antisocial
- an·ti·so·ci·al·i·ty, noun
- an·ti·so·cial·ly, adverb
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How to use antisocial in a sentence
From my National Post column: when anti-social behavior masquerades as "free speech".
This quote is supposed to confirm Thatcher as an anti-social radical individualist of the Ayn Rand distemper.
Context for Margaret Thatcher's 'There is No Such Thing as Society' Remarks | David Frum | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe brother was an anti-social, self-mythologizing would-be rock star.
Our Favorite Books of 2012: Tina Brown, Andrew Sullivan, and Others’ Picks | The Daily Beast | December 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir most anti-social acts indicate the defects of our society.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonSuch occurrences are unfortunate but worse things may happen if the discharge of energy becomes anti-social, immoral, and vicious.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan Hoben
The social character of good and the anti-social character of bad conduct is demonstrated day in and day out in the family.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan HobenThis bears upon the point we shall now endeavor to prove, your honors—namely, the anti-social opinions of the accused.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyIt is the results that have almost always followed these irregular unions that have always branded them as anti-social acts.
Women's Wild Oats | C. Gasquoine Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for antisocial
/ (ˌæntɪˈsəʊʃəl) /
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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