prosocial

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adjective

Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores.

Opposite
antisocialnonprosocial
OriginEnglish social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli →
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Meanings

adjectiveprosocial (comparative more prosocial, superlative most prosocial)

comparative more prosocial · superlative most prosocial · alternative pro-social

  1. Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores.
  2. Contributing to a beneficial outcome by negotiation, problem solving, problem analysis, clarification, or respectful behaviors.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
antisocialnonprosocial

Origin

  1. Englishpro-
  2. Latinsociāli
  3. Middle Frenchsocia
  4. Englishsocial
  5. Englishprosocial

From pro- + social.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 親社會 /亲社会
  • 親社會 /亲社会 (qīn shèhuì)Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores
French prosocial
  • prosocialBeneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores
Spanish prosocial
  • prosocialBeneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores
Thai เอื้อสังคม, เสริมสร้างสังคม
  • เอื้อสังคม (ʉ̂ʉa-sǎng-kom)Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores
  • เสริมสร้างสังคมBeneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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