asocial
Americanadjective
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not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
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indifferent to or averse to conforming to conventional standards of behavior.
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inconsiderate of others; selfish; egocentric.
adjective
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avoiding contact; not gregarious
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unconcerned about the welfare of others
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hostile to society or social practices
Etymology
Origin of asocial
Example Sentences
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The practice of art seemed an asocial, even antisocial activity.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
To think of the brain as an asocial or pre-social organ is thus deeply mistaken.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022
They are asocial, meaning they live by themselves.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2022
That, they explained, means that "this paranoid style is not restricted to the social domain, and that it can be modeled in relatively asocial animals."
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2020
In other words, the process of sublimation of which we spoke took an asocial turn in this individual, with the resultant pathological stealing.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard
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