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antisocial

/an-tee-soh-shuhl, an-tahy-/US // ˌæn tiˈsoʊ ʃəl, ˌæn taɪ- //UK // (ˌæntɪˈsəʊʃəl) //

反社会,反社会的,反社会性,反社会主义

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
    • : antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing; threatening: an antisocial act.
    • : opposed or detrimental to social order or the principles on which society is constituted: antisocial behavior.
    • : Psychiatry. of or relating to a pattern of behavior in which social norms and the rights of others are persistently violated.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person exhibiting antisocial traits.

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Examples

  • The researchers found that the child who was hit or yelled at more often was consistently more likely to display delinquent or antisocial behavior.

  • If the twin who gets more harsh parenting is also the more antisocial one, then that would suggest that there’s some kind of environmental component, and it’s not genetic.

  • There is no evidence that this induced change in free will beliefs has any effect on morality, such as antisocial behavior, cheating, conformity, or willingness to punish.

  • They couldn’t connect with me, saw what they believed was me pulling away and becoming antisocial.

  • He rejects attempts to over-psychologize his subject while admitting that he reportedly was exceedingly antisocial in many of his traits.

  • He was said to have had “antisocial issues,” withdrawing and refusing to participate in class.

  • Surfing, skating, punk rock—these were all very antisocial and rebellious at their births, but are now billion dollar industries.

  • He had all his digits and limbs and, to my knowledge, had committed no antisocial acts with his legally obtained explosives.

  • But boys and men who feel like losers in a deeply divided society develop antisocial habits.

  • But when this witness began to act out in antisocial ways, his mother sent him off to foster care.

  • Again a crowd—a mob is an example of this—may be distinctly antisocial, if we attach any ethical meaning to the term.

  • It is antisocial in a case expressly meant by its final cause for the triumph of sociality; 2.

  • And so many survival reactions outlast their usefulness, becoming essentially antisocial and antisurvival.

  • Antisocial beings are almost always mentally and physically dawdlers, who are incapable of continuous mental or physical labour.

  • Even such antisocial persons as outlaws frequently move in bands and have their chiefs.