antisocial

See also: anti-social

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From anti- + social.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsoʊʃəl/, /ˌæntaɪˈsoʊʃəl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊʃəl

Adjective

antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

  1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people
  2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
  3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society
  4. (colloquial, proscribed) Asocial, shy, or introverted

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

antisocial (plural antisocials)

  1. An antisocial individual.

French

Etymology

From anti- + social.

Pronunciation

Adjective

antisocial (feminine antisociale, masculine plural antisociaux, feminine plural antisociales)

  1. antisocial

Descendants

  • Russian: а̀нтиобще́ственный (àntiobščéstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antisocial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ti.so.t͡ʃiˈal/

Adjective

antisocial m or n (feminine singular antisocială, masculine plural antisociali, feminine and neuter plural antisociale)

  1. antisocial

Declension

References

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- + social.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /antisoˈθjal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.soˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /antisoˈsjal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.soˈsjal]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: an‧ti‧so‧cial

Adjective

antisocial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisociales)

  1. antisocial

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

antisocial (not comparable)

  1. antisocial

Declension

Inflection of antisocial
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular antisocial
Neuter singular antisocialt
Plural antisociala
Masculine plural3 antisociale
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 antisociale
All antisociala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also

References

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