Anti-sociality
unwilling or unable to -ssociate 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 order or the principles on which society is const-tuted:
antisocial behavior.
psychiatry. of or relating to a pattern of behavior in which norms and the rights of others are persistently violated.
a person exhibiting antisocial traits.
adjective
avoiding the company of other people; unsociable
contrary or injurious to the interests of society in general
antisocial an·ti·so·cial (ān’tē-sō’shəl, ān’tī-)
adj.
behaving in a manner that violates the social or legal norms of society.
an’ti·so’cial·ly adv.
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