antisocial

See also: anti-social

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsəʊʃəl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsoʊʃəl/, /ˌæntaɪˈsoʊʃəl/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌæntiˈsəʉʃəl/
    • Audio (Brisbane (broad)); /ˌɛntiˈsəʉʃəl/:(file)
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌɛntiˈsɐʉʃəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊʃəl

Adjective

antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

  1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.
    antisocial person
  2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing.
  3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society.
    antisocial ideals

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

antisocial (plural antisocials)

  1. An antisocial individual.

Danish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Adjective

antisocial (neuter antisocialt, plural and definite singular attributive antisociale)

  1. antisocial
    Synonym: samfundsfjendtlig
    Coordinate term: asocial

Inflection

Inflection of antisocial
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular antisocial mere antisocial mest antisocial2
indefinite neuter singular antisocialt mere antisocial mest antisocial2
plural antisociale mere antisocial mest antisocial2
definite attributive1 antisociale mere antisocial mest antisociale

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

French

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. antisocial

Descendants

  • Russian: а̀нтиобще́ственный (àntiobščéstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

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/neuter plural antisociale)

  1. antisocial

Declension

Declension of antisocial
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

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ social.

Pronunciation

Adjective

antisocial m or f (masculine and feminine plural antisociales)

  1. antisocial

Derived terms

Further reading

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.

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