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dissocial

/dɪˈsəʊʃəl/

dissocial adjective: unfriendly to society; selfish.

Adjective

dissocial (comparative more dissocial, superlative most dissocial)

  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 of dissocial

comparativemore dissocial
superlativemost dissocial

Origin of dissocial

From dis- + social.

Questions about dissocial

What does dissocial mean?
Dissocial means unfriendly to society; selfish.
What part of speech is dissocial?
Dissocial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dissocial?
Dissocial is pronounced /dɪˈsəʊʃəl/.

Words near dissocial in the dictionary

  1. dissociabilities
  2. dissociability
  3. dissociable
  4. dissociableness
  5. dissociably
  6. dissocial
  7. dissocialise
  8. dissocialised
  9. dissocialises
  10. dissocialising
  11. dissociality

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