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asocial

adj
/eɪˈsəʊʃəl/UK/eɪˈsoʊʃəl/US

Etymology

From a- + social; in the sense of “antisocial” and as a noun, appears to be a calque of German asozial / Asozialer.

  1. derived from sociālis — “of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”
  2. borrowed from social
  3. prefixed as asocial — “a + social”

Definitions

  1. Not social, not relating to society.

  2. Not sociable

    Not sociable; having minimal social connections with others; not inclined to connect with others socially.

    • In a nation which increasingly appears to prize social virtues, Howard Hughes remains not merely antisocial but grandly, brilliantly, surpassingly, asocial. He is the last private man, the dream we no longer admit.
    • She herself was already asocial at the age of six months and stiffened in her mother’s arms at this time, and such reactions, common in autism, she also finds inexplicable in terms of theory of mind.

  3. Antisocial.

    • The so­cial worker speaks of asocial behavior. The term is familiar to the young criminal. The social worker is able to explain the causes of this asocial behavior. But the delinquent could do it too, and in the very same terms.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A person considered to be antisocial or to exhibit antisocial behaviour, especially as a…

      A person considered to be antisocial or to exhibit antisocial behaviour, especially as a classification used by the Nazi regime in Germany.

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