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anti-social - 1 dictionary result

an⋅ti⋅so⋅cial

[an-tee-soh-shuhl, an-tahy-]
–adjective
1. unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
2. antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing; threatening: an antisocial act.
3. opposed or detrimental to social order or the principles on which society is constituted: antisocial behavior.
4. Psychiatry. of or pertaining to a pattern of behavior in which social norms and the rights of others are persistently violated.
–noun
5. a person exhibiting antisocial traits.

Origin:
1790–1800; anti- + social


an⋅ti⋅so⋅ci⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
an⋅ti⋅so⋅cial⋅ly, adverb


1. unsociable, retiring, misanthropic. 2. disruptive; intimidating; sinister.


1. gregarious; genial, affable.
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