subsocial

[suhb-soh-shuhl]

adjective

1. without a definite social structure.

subsocial

/ sʌbˈsəʊʃəl /

adjective

1. lacking a complex or definite social structure

Other Word Forms

• subsocially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of subsocial¹

First recorded in 1905–10; sub- + social

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American