Antisocial
adjective
Not willing to interact with other people.
She was feeling antisocial and stayed in her room all day.
Often appears as...
- very antisocial
- extremely antisocial
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Disapproving
adjective
Not beneficial or harmful to society.
His constant aggressiveness was considered antisocial behavior.
Often appears as...
- antisocial behavior
- antisocial attitude
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Disapproving
adjective
Against the laws and rules of society.
Vandalism is considered an antisocial act.
Often appears as...
- antisocial act
- antisocial crime
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not willing to interact with other people.
She was feeling antisocial and stayed in her room all day.
Often appears as...
- very antisocial
- extremely antisocial
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Not beneficial or harmful to society.
His constant aggressiveness was considered antisocial behavior.
Often appears as...
- antisocial behavior
- antisocial attitude
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Against the laws and rules of society.
Vandalism is considered an antisocial act.
Often appears as...
- antisocial act
- antisocial crime
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Social Withdrawal
Used when someone prefers being alone over interacting with others.
After the argument, he was so upset that he became antisocial for weeks.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Indicator
Reflects a temporary state; someone could be antisocial due to mood, not personality.
He’s usually chatty, but when he's working on his art, he gets a bit antisocial.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Assumption
Can imply a judgement - it's seen as negative to not want social interaction.
She's not sick; just being antisocial, not answering any calls or texts.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Withdrawal
Used when someone prefers being alone over interacting with others.
After the argument, he was so upset that he became antisocial for weeks.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Indicator
Reflects a temporary state; someone could be antisocial due to mood, not personality.
He’s usually chatty, but when he's working on his art, he gets a bit antisocial.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Assumption
Can imply a judgement - it's seen as negative to not want social interaction.
She's not sick; just being antisocial, not answering any calls or texts.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Withdrawal
Used when someone prefers being alone over interacting with others.
After the argument, he was so upset that he became antisocial for weeks.
Pro Tip 2/3Mood Indicator
Reflects a temporary state; someone could be antisocial due to mood, not personality.
He’s usually chatty, but when he's working on his art, he gets a bit antisocial.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Assumption
Can imply a judgement - it's seen as negative to not want social interaction.
She's not sick; just being antisocial, not answering any calls or texts.
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How to buy happiness -...
do things only for our self and we said well maybe the reason that money doesn't make us happy is that we're always spending it on the wrong things and in particular that we're always spending it on ourselves and we thought I wonder what would happen if we made people spend more of their money on other people so instead of being antisocial with your money what if you were a little bit more pro-social with
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Inside the bizarre world...
See, the original premise of social media was that it was going to bring us all together, make the world more open and tolerant and fair And it did some of that. But the social media algorithms have never been built to distinguish between what's true or false, what's good or bad for society, what's prosocial and what's antisocial.
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
When I got to college -- I studied physics in college -- and I got really -- it was funny, because I was definitely a more antisocial kid. I read all the time. I was shy. I don't seem like it now, but I was very shy. Moved around a bunch -- had that experience too. So I did, kind of, I think, live in my own world,
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Why some people are more...
is to study people in whom that desire is missing, and psychopaths are exactly such a group. Psychopathy is a developmental disorder with strongly genetic origins, and it results in a personality that's cold and uncaring and a tendency to engage in antisocial and sometimes very violent behavior.
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Simon Sinek: How to...
But then he has another and another and another. And I thought to myself, yep. And he said he becomes very antisocial where he doesn't want to ask for help and he definitely doesn't want to talk to anybody. And I thought to myself, yep. And I realized what I was going through was trauma.
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The power of introverts...
When I was nine years old, I went off to summer camp for the first time. And my mother packed me a suitcase full of books, which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do. Because in my family, reading was the primary group activity. And this might sound antisocial to you,
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How I use Minecraft to...
you have to live your life in such a way that that person feels like they can come to and tell you. They have to feel perfectly safe in talking to you about it. If you want to see a group of autistic children -- kids who society wrongly thinks are supposed to be antisocial
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Quiet Kid Learns to Cope...
friends to turn to he says he just snapped I attacked somebody at the mall uh anything your mom five years I have somewhat antisocial tendencies I tend to keep to myself a lot and that helps keep all the anger and I don't unload on a
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Paleo-oncology: The...
the reactions of everyone on campus Luc's of confusion fear sympathy pity but what happened next is a testament to the antisocial academic had become instead of feeling self-conscious or embarrassed by their reactions I thought
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Uncaging Cotton PIPE Dog...
one little dog is creating a really uncomfortable way of living which the people have to become sore antisocial to the rest of the world because this 35 pound dog is creating this chaos
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How to buy happiness -...
do things only for our self and we said well maybe the reason that money doesn't make us happy is that we're always spending it on the wrong things and in particular that we're always spending it on ourselves and we thought I wonder what would happen if we made people spend more of their money on other people so instead of being antisocial with your money what if you were a little bit more pro-social with
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
See, the original premise of social media was that it was going to bring us all together, make the world more open and tolerant and fair And it did some of that. But the social media algorithms have never been built to distinguish between what's true or false, what's good or bad for society, what's prosocial and what's antisocial.
Video examples
Philip Rosedale: Second...
When I got to college -- I studied physics in college -- and I got really -- it was funny, because I was definitely a more antisocial kid. I read all the time. I was shy. I don't seem like it now, but I was very shy. Moved around a bunch -- had that experience too. So I did, kind of, I think, live in my own world,
Video examples
Why some people are more...
is to study people in whom that desire is missing, and psychopaths are exactly such a group. Psychopathy is a developmental disorder with strongly genetic origins, and it results in a personality that's cold and uncaring and a tendency to engage in antisocial and sometimes very violent behavior.
Video examples
Simon Sinek: How to...
But then he has another and another and another. And I thought to myself, yep. And he said he becomes very antisocial where he doesn't want to ask for help and he definitely doesn't want to talk to anybody. And I thought to myself, yep. And I realized what I was going through was trauma.
Video examples
The power of introverts...
When I was nine years old, I went off to summer camp for the first time. And my mother packed me a suitcase full of books, which to me seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do. Because in my family, reading was the primary group activity. And this might sound antisocial to you,
Video examples
How I use Minecraft to...
you have to live your life in such a way that that person feels like they can come to and tell you. They have to feel perfectly safe in talking to you about it. If you want to see a group of autistic children -- kids who society wrongly thinks are supposed to be antisocial
Video examples
Quiet Kid Learns to Cope...
friends to turn to he says he just snapped I attacked somebody at the mall uh anything your mom five years I have somewhat antisocial tendencies I tend to keep to myself a lot and that helps keep all the anger and I don't unload on a
Video examples
Paleo-oncology: The...
the reactions of everyone on campus Luc's of confusion fear sympathy pity but what happened next is a testament to the antisocial academic had become instead of feeling self-conscious or embarrassed by their reactions I thought
Video examples
Uncaging Cotton PIPE Dog...
one little dog is creating a really uncomfortable way of living which the people have to become sore antisocial to the rest of the world because this 35 pound dog is creating this chaos
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Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Good policymaking is evidence-based, and preventing crime and antisocial behaviour involves fixing the society we all live in, identifying risk factors and demographic characteristics that make some people more likely to become involved in certain crime, and then preventing those offences taking place as often as possible.
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Cate Blanchett
Australian Actress
We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone.
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Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.
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Theresa May
British Politician
Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackling educational failure, antisocial behaviour, debt problems and addiction, and of course it's about work.
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Alessia Cara
Canadian Musician
I've never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I'd feel really uncomfortable saying, 'Hey everybody, let's celebrate me!' But I'm not antisocial. I don't hate people.
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Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.
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Paul Greengrass
English Director
It's a circus life, the movies. It's a lot of travelling, a lot of antisocial hours; there's a lot of it that's about escaping from life.
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Shawn Fanning
American Businessman
If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.
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Randy Rainbow
American Comedian
I was really a very antisocial child.
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Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Good policymaking is evidence-based, and preventing crime and antisocial behaviour involves fixing the society we all live in, identifying risk factors and demographic characteristics that make some people more likely to become involved in certain crime, and then preventing those offences taking place as often as possible.
Quote examples
Cate Blanchett
Australian Actress
We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone.
Quote examples
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.
Quote examples
Theresa May
British Politician
Poverty is about people lacking the tools they need to get on in life. And solving it is about tackling educational failure, antisocial behaviour, debt problems and addiction, and of course it's about work.
Quote examples
Alessia Cara
Canadian Musician
I've never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I'd feel really uncomfortable saying, 'Hey everybody, let's celebrate me!' But I'm not antisocial. I don't hate people.
Quote examples
Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.
Quote examples
Paul Greengrass
English Director
It's a circus life, the movies. It's a lot of travelling, a lot of antisocial hours; there's a lot of it that's about escaping from life.
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Shawn Fanning
American Businessman
If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.
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Randy Rainbow
American Comedian
I was really a very antisocial child.
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