asocial

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

“In my first YA book I wrote a snarky, mouthy teenager with asocial bad attitudes,” he says, “and the second one was riddled with anxiety and insecurity. And people said, ‘Yep, that’s Ben.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2021

That, they explained, means that "this paranoid style is not restricted to the social domain, and that it can be modeled in relatively asocial animals."

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2020

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