🚫 Against social rules 🙅 Not sociable

dissocial

1 8.9

Acts against rules people follow and hurts or upsets others

adjective
/ˌdɪsˈsoʊʃəl/

: disocial

Many people find it difficult to connect with those who exhibit dissocial attitudes.

Examples

His dissocial behavior at the party made everyone feel uncomfortable.
The World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth edition (ICD-10), defines a conceptually similar disorder to antisocial personality disorder called (F60.2) Dissocial personality disorder.

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So we call them social, dissocial and self regard.
The greatest enemies of public peace are the selfish and dissocial passions, necessary as they are.
Children with dissocial traits often struggle to follow rules and interact positively with peers.

Synonyms

disorderly

vsdissocial

42 4.4

Behaving badly and not following rules

is about breaking social norms or antisocial conduct, not mere disorder

deviant

vsdissocial

27 8.1

Very different from what most people accept in behavior or morals

is more about antisocial acts that offend or break social rules

degenerate

vsdissocial

Offensive

26 8.0

Not following normal moral rules and behaving badly

is a milder term for not following social norms without deep corruption

Antonyms

social

∞ 1.3

Relating to how people or animals live and behave in groups

gregarious

12 7.0

A person who likes being with other people

How Antisocial

sociopathic

Specialized

21 9.1

antisocial

21 6.9

dissocial

1 8.9

unsociable

2 5.3

compliant

35 5.1

sociable

20 1.6

Surface Forms

dissocial positive

dissocialer comparative

dissocialest superlative

Morphology

dissocial = social (semi-transparent) = dis + social

Form is clearly dis- + social, but the sense 'behaving in an antisocial way' is a stronger, more active meaning than simple 'not social', so learners may not infer the exact nuance.

Etymology

Dissocial joins dis- ('not') and social, from Latin socius meaning 'companion' and seen in words like society. So dissocial describes behaviour that does not fit with the rules or life of a group.