antisocial

antisocial
antisociality, n.antisocially, adv.
/an'tee soh"sheuhl, an'tuy-/, adj.
1. unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
2. antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing; threatening: an antisocial act.
3. opposed or detrimental to social order or the principles on which society is constituted: antisocial behavior.
4. Psychiatry. of or pertaining to a pattern of behavior in which social norms and the rights of others are persistently violated.
n.
5. a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
[1790-1800; ANTI- + SOCIAL]
Syn. 1. unsociable, retiring, misanthropic. 2. disruptive; intimidating; sinister.
Ant. 1. gregarious; genial, affable.

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