nonsocial

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adjective

Not social; unconcerned with society or social matters.

Similar
nongregarioussolitaryungregarious
OriginEnglish social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli →
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Meanings

adjectivenonsocial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot social; unconcerned with society or social matters.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies

Similar
nongregarioussolitaryungregarious
Also see
nongregarioussolitaryungregarious

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  17. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  18. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  19. Latinsokios
  20. Latinsocius
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Latinsociāli
  24. Middle Frenchsocia
  25. Englishsocial
  26. Englishnonsocial

From non- + social.

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APA

nonsocial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsocial

MLA

“nonsocial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsocial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonsocial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsocial.

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