antisocialadj.
1. Opposed to sociality, averse to society or companionship.
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1797 J. Lawrence in Month. Mag. XLVI. 113 Fanatical prejudices, antisocial antipathies and hatred.
2. Opposed to the principles on which society is constituted. Also, spec. in Sociol., pertaining to a class of persons or actions devoid of or antagonistic to normal social instincts or practices.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > political disaffection > [adjective]
malcontent1578
malcontented1582
disaffected1602
antisocial1802
dissident1955
1802 J. Mackintosh in Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh (1835) I. iv. 176 A collection of all the rebellious, antisocial, blasphemous..books..published during..the Revolution.
1844 Dublin Rev. Mar. 34 The dark, malignant, atrocious, and utterly anti-social character, which the Republican party in its contest with the new government has exhibited.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. lxvii. 84 Doctrines openly and avowedly anti-social.
1862 C. Merivale Hist. Rom. under Empire (1865) VIII. lxv. 149 The earliest charge against the believers was that of perverse and antisocial usages.
1889 S. Olivier in G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 109 Some kinds of anti-social action are so unreasonable..that we brand them..as insane.
1896 F. H. Giddings Princ. Sociol. iv. 72 The anti-social or criminal [class], in which the consciousness of kind is approaching extinction.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 2/3 To insist on not paying when asked by the conductor is at once inconvenient and anti-social.
Derivatives
antisocial n. one who exhibits such tendencies.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > one who
erratic1623
exorbitant1627
inconformable1633
non-conformant1654
original1675
nonconformista1677
eccentric1832
originalist1835
Bohemian1843
oddball1943
antisocial1945
left fielder1953
boho1958
alternative1982
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker
waryOE
wandelard1338
breakerc1384
malefactora1438
law-breakerc1440
misgovernora1449
malfetoura1450
wrongdoer1501
contravener1567
criminal1610
contravenary1614
mug1865
crook1879
outlaw1880
punter1891
kink1914
heavy man1926
crim1927
antisocial1945
villain1960
banduluc1977
1945 C. Burney Dungeon Democracy i. 14 The ‘anti-socials’—that is..those who had been locked up for anti-social activity.
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antisocial personality disorder n. Psychol. a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial (often criminal) and aggressive or violent behaviour, typically beginning in childhood and persisting into adult life, and accompanied by an inability to feel remorse or to sustain lasting personal relationships and often by misuse of alcohol or other drugs.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > personality disorders
personality disorder1919
antisocial personality disorder1967
1967 E. Robins in A. M. Freedman & H. I. Kaplan Comprehensive Textbk. Psychiatry xxvi. 951/1 (heading) Antisocial and dyssocial personality disorders.
1983 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 140 887 He found good agreement between the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder and assessments of psychopathy.
2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Jan. 46/3 He cites anorexia, hyperactivity, premenstrual syndrome, antisocial personality disorder, subclinical autism.
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