asocial

Example Sentences

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The practice of art seemed an asocial, even antisocial activity.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

To think of the brain as an asocial or pre-social organ is thus deeply mistaken.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

Octopuses are either asocial or partially social — and all of them are invertebrates.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2021

It’s clear that they both need to move on from their asocial tendencies for healthier relationships.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2020

In other words, the process of sublimation of which we spoke took an asocial turn in this individual, with the resultant pathological stealing.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard