MEANING
1. Acting against others' interests or accepted rules of social conduct.
2. Unwilling to socialize or spend time with others.
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Words that belong together
- antisocial behavior
- antisocial conduct
On the page
The policy addressed antisocial behavior around the station.
Word forms
- Base
- antisocial
Usage notes
Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more antisocial; superlative most antisocial when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.
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