antisociable

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adjective

antisocial

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveantisociable (comparative more antisociable, superlative most antisociable)

comparative more antisociable · superlative most antisociable

  1. antisocial

    He comically extols the antisociable virtues of garlic and the lachrymatory effects of peeling onions, useful for elegiac poets.

    1972, Manchester Studies in the History of Art, number 1, page 249
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    […] as in the French, Spanish, and almost all the other revolutions, that began by an equal division of power, whilst both knowledge and property were very unequally divided, where all returned to their antisociable habits.

    1831, William Maclure, Opinions on Various Subjects: Dedicated to the Industrious Producers

    The benefits of being sociable are that people often overlook the importance of being around people. If an individual is antisociable, it is often viewed as being “that is just the way they are.”

    2014, Virginia King, Seek and Ye Shall Find It's a Testimony

Origin

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