adj
Meaning 1
Not social.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unsocial
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adj
Meaning 2
Not seeking or showing the desire for the company of others; inhospitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: social
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English unsocial From un- + social.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: antisociale — Translations
- Italian: insocievole — Translations
- Spanish: insocial — Translations