antisocial
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˌæn.tiˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
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antisocial
- Police officers noted violent and antisocial behavior.
- antisocial behavior
- antisocial attitudes
- antisocial peers
It is addictive and it it creates addictive, you know, illegal antisocial behavior.
- It is addictive and it it creates addictive, you know, illegal antisocial behavior.
- Scientists tend to focus on black people as research subjects to investigate the innate predisposition for violence and other forms of antisocial behavior.
- But it but it causes isolation, antisocial behavior like those.
- Those are the social costs of the antisocial century.
- So you've got antisocial personality disorders and you've got schizophrenics.
- So the dark triad is this triad of traits that are antisocial, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism.
- And depending upon what is determined by the court, if you're antisocial, it may be they're just a bad person.
- Both narcissists and psychopathic antisocial personality individuals break rules, break laws.
- And so that makes female antisocial behavior unbelievably pernicious and difficult to regulate.
- So lots of reasons why been a football manager does a great job, but it's also got a lots of antisocial behaviour things because of how the job works.
- A lot of con men have antisocial personality disorder.
Examples
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Our job, mine and the boys, is to see that you get some civilization in you... so that when you leave here, you're gonna think twice... about performing antisocial acts.
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Many of the African American males in the school were exhibiting antisocial behaviors.
Academic text (1991) -
- Unfortunately... ... even on our peaceful planet... ... there have appeared once in a great while... ... certain antisocial elements.
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Last year, the economic impact of antisocial behavior... was $9 trillion.
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If they like the products, they accept the person, even when that person demonstrates antisocial behaviors.
Academic text (1991) -
Desiring and drinking blood is a very antisocial act.
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Therefore, schools have multiple responsibilities in combating antisocial behavior problems.
Academic text (2013) -
The general public also was less easy to intimidate and less tolerant of antisocial behavior.
Academic text (2011) -
Studies reveal long-term effects for the bully as well, including antisocial behaviors such as vandalism, truancy, and drug use.
Academic text (2011) -
His antisocial behavior made it difficult for him to keep friends and find a job.
Synonyms
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4.6
Showing strong dislike or opposition
41
4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
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4.4
Behaving badly and not following rules
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8.1
Very different from what most people accept in behavior or morals
1
7.5
Not interested in other people and often breaks social rules
Acts against rules people follow and hurts or upsets others
Harmful to a community or its public life
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.5
A long-term mental condition where a person ignores other people's rights, feels no guilt, and acts impulsively
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antisocial has the parts anti- meaning 'against' and social meaning 'society' or 'living with others', so when used for behaviour it means actions that go against society's rules and can harm or upset other people.