antisocial

See also: anti-social

English

Alternative forms

• anti-social

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈsoʊʃəl/, /ˌæntaɪˈsoʊʃəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃəl

Adjective

antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing.
3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society.
4. (colloquial, proscribed) Asocial, shy, or introverted.
   • 2008, Elly Konijn, Mediated interpersonal communication, page 204:

     However, while potentially damaging to the target's self-esteem and psychological well-being, there are arguably more harmful aspects of intentional antisocial behavior than cyberostracism.

Antonyms

• prosocial

Derived terms

• antisocialism
• antisociality (“the quality of being antisocial”)
• antisocialize
• antisocially (adverb)
• antisocialness
• antisocial personality disorder
• Asbo, antisocial behaviour order
• nonantisocial

 

Translations

unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people

• Finnish: antisosiaalinen (fi)
• French: antisocial (fr)
• Georgian: ანტისოციალური (anṭisocialuri), ანტისაზოგადოებრივი (anṭisazogadoebrivi)
• German: asozial (de)
• Greek: αντικοινωνικός (el) (antikoinonikós)
• Hungarian: antiszociális (hu)
• Icelandic: andfélagslegur (is)
• Italian: asociale (it)
• Kazakh: антиәлеуметтік (antiäleumettık), анти-әлеуметтік (anti-äleumettık)
• Maori: tūhourangi
• Norwegian: asosial (no)
• Polish: aspołeczny (pl) m, asocjalny
• Portuguese: antissocial (pt)
• Russian: антиобще́ственный (ru) (antiobščéstvennyj), антисоциа́льный (ru) (antisociálʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-chonaltrach, ana-chuideachdail, ana-chaidreamhach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антисо̀ција̄лан

  Roman: antisòcijālan (sh)

• Spanish: antisocial (es)
• Swedish: antisocial (sv), asocial (sv)
• Telugu: అసాంఘిక (asāṅghika)
• Welsh: gwrthgymdeithasol

unfriendly toward others

• German: unsozial (de), asozial (de)
• Hungarian: antiszociális (hu)
• Japanese: 不愛想な (buaisouna)
• Maori: nihoniho
• Welsh: gwrthgymdeithasol

hostile to society

• Georgian: ანტისაზოგადოებრივი (anṭisazogadoebrivi)
• German: gesellschaftsfeindlich
• Hungarian: antiszociális (hu)
• Japanese: 反社会的な (ja) (hanshakaitekina)
• Maori: nihoniho
• Polish: antyspołeczny (pl)
• Welsh: gwrthgymdeithasol

Noun

antisocial (plural antisocials)

1. An antisocial individual.

French

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ti.sɔ.sjal/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: antisociale, antisociales

Adjective

antisocial (feminine antisociale, masculine plural antisociaux, feminine plural antisociales)

1. antisocial

Descendants

• Russian: а̀нтиобще́ственный (àntiobščéstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

• “antisocial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French antisocial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ti.so.t͡ʃiˈal/

Adjective

antisocial m or n (feminine singular antisocială, masculine plural antisociali, feminine and neuter plural antisociale)

1. antisocial

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	antisocial		antisocială		antisociali	antisociale
	definite	antisocialul		antisociala		antisocialii	antisocialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	antisocial		antisociale		antisociali	antisociale
	definite	antisocialului		antisocialei		antisocialilor	antisocialelor

References

• antisocial in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /antisoˈθjal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.soˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /antisoˈsjal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.soˈsjal]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧so‧cial

Adjective

antisocial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisociales)

1. antisocial

Derived terms

• trastorno antisocial de la personalidad

 

Further reading

• “antisocial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Adjective

antisocial (not comparable)

1. antisocial

Declension

Inflection of antisocial

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	antisocial	—	—
neuter singular	antisocialt	—	—
plural	antisociala	—	—
masculine plural2	antisociale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	antisociale	—	—
all	antisociala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

• asocial

References

• antisocial in Svensk ordbok (SO)