ANTISOCIAL


Meaning of ANTISOCIAL in English

| ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷|- adjective

Etymology: anti- (I) + social

1.

a. : tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse

b. : hostile to the well-being of society

c. : characterized by markedly deviating behavior

antisocial actions

crime is antisocial

antisocial persons

2. : averse to the society of others or to social intercourse : misanthropic

stand-offish and antisocial — Hamilton Basso

• an·ti·so·ci·al·i·ty ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ- noun -es

• an·ti·so·cial·ly | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷|- adverb

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