Meaning | not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions. | |
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Example | "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors" | |
Attribute of | sociality | The tendency to associate with others and to form social groups |
Narrower | alone | isolated from others |
antisocial, asocial | Hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | |
asocial | given to avoiding association with others | |
lone, lonely, solitary | Characterized by or preferring solitude | |
recluse, reclusive, withdrawn | Withdrawn from society | |
See also | ungregarious | (of animals) not gregarious |
unsociable | not inclined to society or companionship | |
Opposite | social | Living together or enjoying / enjoying / enjoying / enjoying life in communities or organized groups |
Spanish | asocial |
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