antiˈsocialistn.
1. One opposed to sociality. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > aversion to social relations > person
pray away1601
antisocialist1775
1775 T. Sheridan Lect. Art Reading 343 May justly be termed Antisocialists and..the worst company in the world.
2. One who is antagonistic to socialism. Also attrib. or as adj.
ΚΠ
1862 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. (ed. 5) II. iv. vii. 357 The vitality of these associations..enabled about twenty of them to survive..the antisocialist reaction.
1914 J. Collings Coloniz. Rural Brit. I. xv. 257 The well-to-do generally are alarmed, and are forming Property Defence Associations, Anti-Socialist Leagues, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
<
n.1775