单词 | unsociability |
释义 | unsociabilityn. (un- prefix1 6 Cf. unsociable adj.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > aversion to social relations soleintyc1400 unsociableness1611 insociability1740 dissociability1757 unsociabilitya1779 dissociality1825 dissociableness1867 antisociality- a1779 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (new ed.) Pref. to 1758 ed., in Wks. (1788) II. 326 A Principle which subverted the whole system of their religion, namely, the unsociability of the Christian faith. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 125 The systematick unsociability of this new-invented species of republick. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. v. 53 He..had his fits of unsociability. 1885 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day xiii. 125 The Richmond Club members invited guests to their dinner-table, and thus escaped the charge of unsociability. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1779 |
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