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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dissocial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈsəʊʃəl/

Etymology

From dis- + social.

Meanings

  1. Unfriendly to society; selfish.
    • dissocial feelings
    • Under the general name of self-regarding interest (No. 14.) are comprisable the several particular interests, corresponding to all the several motives, that do not belong either to the social class (No. 10.) or the dissocial class (No. 11.) 1817, Jeremy Bentham, A Table of the Springs of Action:

Forms

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more dissocial Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dissocial Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

unsocial · dissociate · dissociality · antisocial · dissocially · asocial