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asocial

[ ey-soh-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
  2. indifferent to or averse to conforming to conventional standards of behavior.
  3. inconsiderate of others; selfish; egocentric.


asocial

/ ±ðɪˈ²õəʊʃə±ô /

adjective

  1. avoiding contact; not gregarious
  2. unconcerned about the welfare of others
  3. hostile to society or social practices
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of asocial1

First recorded in 1880–85; a- 6 + social
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But it would be wrong to think that animals who typically are not asocial don't have that capacity.

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That was good, he believed, because the "asocial mindset" of trans people and their supposedly frequent "criminal activity … justifies draconian measures by the state."

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While the law didn’t explicitly apply to women, they also faced persecution for “asocial behavior†that resulted in a similar fate during the Nazi period.

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Maybe he also feared that the scholar would somehow steal the djinn’s thunder, because he’s reduced her to the familiar figure of asocial intellectual.

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