asocialadj.
/eɪˈsəʊʃəl/ Not social; antagonistic to society or social order; (colloquial) inconsiderate of or hostile to other people. Cf. antisocial adj. and n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > antisocial
delinquent1637
asocial1883
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society > specifically of disposition or conduct
unsociable1630
asocial1952
1883 H. Maudsley Body & Will iii. i. 241 New products of an asocial or antisocial kind are formed in the retrograde metamorphosis of the human kind.
1920 W. H. Rivers Instinct & Unconscious xix. 156 Some channel which leads in an asocial or antisocial direction.
1932 Daily Express 20 Sept. 9/4 One cannot foresee to what end their asocial behaviour or maladjustments will ultimately lead.
1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) ii. 17 This ugly, a-social man, at home and suddenly garrulous in their midst.
Derivatives
asocial n. an asocial person. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > antisocial person
rogue elephant1920
asocial1945
1945 A. Koestler Yogi & Commissar iii. iv. 249 Most asocials have some such sort of jealously-guarded private philosophy.
1961 R. Kee Refugee World iv. 41 A proportion of ‘a-socials’ there—people who wouldn't live anywhere else rather than couldn't.
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adj.1883