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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. Antonin Artaud:

    There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity.

  2. Larry Rosen:

    The use of these types of technology to distance yourself from understanding human emotions and human context can predict more symptoms, for example of social phobia, or more symptoms of antisocial personality disorder.

  3. Imohimi Edgal:

    It is the duty of everybody, not only the police, to ensure that such antisocial behavior, such social vices, such crimes, are checked so that we can create communities that protect our children from such deviant behavior.

  4. Adam Lankford:

    There are several pathways we observe : antisocial individuals who are part of a gang, depressed and despondent persons who are highly distressed over a grievance and believe they have no future, and a small group of persons with severe mental illness that includes delusional thinking, in a workplace shooting, you want to look at the latter two as most likely.

  5. John Kelly:

    Asocial is pretty much somebody that likes to be alone…they’re not hurting anybody, antisocial is when you strike out at society and have a lot of anger and resentment.

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