asocial

English

Usage notes

asocial and antisocial are often used interchangeably in colloquial speech, but they are not the same thing; asocial means "avoidant of society" while antisocial means "hostile toward society".

Adjective

asocial (comparative more asocial, superlative most asocial)

1. not social
2. not sociable
3. (colloquial) (proscribed) antisocial

Translations

not social or sociable

Croatian: ȁsocijālan (hr) French: asocial (fr) m.

Greek: ακοινώνητος (el) (akoinónitos) m. Italian: asociale (it)

antisocial — see antisocial

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French

Etymology

a- +‎ social

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.sɔ.sjal/
• Homophones: asociale, asociales

Adjective

asocial m. (f. asociale, m. plural asociaux, f. plural asociales)

1. asocial

Anagrams

• coalisa