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Definitions for Antisocial
ˌæn tiˈsoʊ ʃəl, ˌæn taɪ-an·ti·so·cial

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. antisocialadjective

    shunning contact with others

    "standoffish and antisocial"; "he's not antisocial; just shy"

  2. antisocial, asocialadjective

    hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior

    "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior"; "an antisocial deed"

Wiktionary

  1. antisocialadjective

    Unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people

  2. antisocialadjective

    antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing

  3. antisocialadjective

    Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society

Wikipedia

  1. Antisocial

    Antisocial is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and American rapper Travis Scott for Sheeran's fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project (2019). It was released on 12 July 2019, as the sixth single from the album.

ChatGPT

  1. antisocial

    Antisocial refers to behaviors or attitudes characterized by a lack of interest or disregard for social norms, values or interactions. This may include avoiding company or social activities, a tendency to be introverted, or engaging in actions harmful to others. In psychological context, antisocial can also refer to Antisocial Personality Disorder, a mental health disorder characterized by a disregard for the rights of others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Antisocialadjective

    tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Antisocial

    an-ti-sōsh′al, adj. opposed to the principles and usages of society. [Anti- and Social.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Antisocial in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Antisocial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Antisocial in a Sentence

  1. Joan Didion:

    It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want and what we do want, between what we officially admire and secretly desire, between, in the largest sense, the people we marry and the people we love. 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.

  2. Wilbur Ross:

    There's no reason for tariffs to increase the price of steel by far more than the percentage of the tariff, and yet that's what has been happening, that clearly is not a result of the tariff, that's clearly a result of antisocial behavior by participants in the industry.

  3. Jacob Mitich:

    He didn’t like to communicate, he was antisocial, the previous year he’d won Buffalo Bill club series. I didn’t think he had a reaction to winning or losing.

  4. Susan Whitbourne:

    It's just a plain old version of antisocial behavior, it is an antisocial act, and it's outside the bounds of proper social behavior.

  5. Adonis Sfera:

    As their behavior looks like mental illness, some of these people end up admitted in psychiatric hospitals, while others are imprisoned or placed in state psychiatric hospitals after being diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder.

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