subsocial

American

[suhb-soh-shuhl] / sʌbˈsoʊ ʃəl /

adjective

without a definite social structure.

subsocial British

/ sʌbˈsəʊʃəl /

adjective

lacking a complex or definite social structure

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Other Word Forms

subsocially adverb

Etymology

Origin of subsocial

First recorded in 1905–10; sub- + social

Example Sentences

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You only get eusociality through what they call a subsocial path where daughters stay with Mom, so they’re already highly related.

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