What is Antisocial?
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A term used to describe people exibiting any sort of behavior in which the intent is to violate the rights of others and otherwise going against society. Examples include murder, bullying, robbery, conning, and rape.
Often confused with
Antisocial: Against society
Asocial: Avoid society
GET IT RIGHT, PEOPLE!!!
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Main Entry: Antisocial
Function: adjective
Date: 1797
*anti - against, opposite, instead of
1: unwilling or unable to conform to normal standards of social behavior
2: shunning contact with others
Synonyms: eremitic, introverted, misanthropic, reserved, standoffish
Antonyms: affable, friendly, outgoing, social
1: His parents find his facial piercings and black eyeliner to be antisocial.
2: I'm not antisocial, I just don't like you.
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A word commonly confused with "asocial".
Asocial means simply not being social (it does not imply hatred or negativity, only "absence"), while antisocial insinuates an active hostility or contempt for society as a whole.
Ignorant individual: "See that antisocial loner over there? He/she would rather stay at home and read than talk with me."
Person 2: "Don't you mean asocial?"
Ignorant individual: "What? Same difference."
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A person who is constantly alone by choice. This can also mean a person who is usually with one specified friend, usually sitting alone, away from the rest of the group.
Person 1: hey, instead of being here, lets go sit over there.
Person 2: why, no one is over there
Person 1: So? We can just sit and talk.
Person 2: I guess so, but that seems kind of boring and antisocial.
Person 1: oh well! those people are lame anyway.
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5.
Wasting good hair days.
I didn't want to see anyone and felt antisocial, it wasted a perfectly good hair day.
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