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an asocial and grumpy artist lives alone on the top floor
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According to the authors of the research, the results challenge the traditional conception of cats as socially aloof, and suggest that some species — whether considered social or asocial — acquire the ability to recognize people’s voices as a result of close contact, rather than domestication.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
The culture presents to us a picture of hackers which is a sensational caricature: Somebody who is almost completely asocial, maybe has mental illness, maybe is morbidly overweight.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 May 2023
While antisocial behavior refers to actions contrary to normal social behavior, asocial behavior describes a lack of desire or inability to engage with others socially.910 What Other Disorders Look Like ASPD?
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 21 June 2023
In each case, the robot indicated the hidden location of a treat by pointing and either saying the dog's name (for the social robot) or simply beeping (asocial).
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2013
The inside of the body was intriguing but asocial.
—New York Times, 10 May 2022
He’s no longer reduced to being an asocial nerd.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
Ron Howard Based on the life of John Forbes Nash Jr. and the biography of the same name, A Beautiful Mind, which like Gladiator stars Russell Crow, tells the story of a brilliant but asocial mathematician and his battle with mental illness.
—Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
David Scheel Scientists have long thought that octopus are largely asocial creatures.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2016
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
The culture presents to us a picture of hackers which is a sensational caricature: Somebody who is almost completely asocial, maybe has mental illness, maybe is morbidly overweight.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 May 2023
While antisocial behavior refers to actions contrary to normal social behavior, asocial behavior describes a lack of desire or inability to engage with others socially.910 What Other Disorders Look Like ASPD?
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 21 June 2023
In each case, the robot indicated the hidden location of a treat by pointing and either saying the dog's name (for the social robot) or simply beeping (asocial).
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2013
The inside of the body was intriguing but asocial.
—New York Times, 10 May 2022
He’s no longer reduced to being an asocial nerd.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
Ron Howard Based on the life of John Forbes Nash Jr. and the biography of the same name, A Beautiful Mind, which like Gladiator stars Russell Crow, tells the story of a brilliant but asocial mathematician and his battle with mental illness.
—Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023
David Scheel Scientists have long thought that octopus are largely asocial creatures.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2016
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asocial
adjective
aso·cial
(ˈ)ā-ˈsō-shəl 
: not social: as
a
: not involving or taking part in social interaction with others
Swimming is, by nature, asocial … the human community is peripheral.—Akiko Busch, The New York Times
Akiko Busch, The New York Times… the very individual and often asocial lives of contemporary artists …—Nancy Hynes, Prospect (London)
Nancy Hynes, Prospect (London)
b
: hostile or harmful to organized society : antisocial
The family dynamics of kids who bounce from one home environment to the next could result in behavioral patterns that can lead to asocial activities that include violence, petty crime or drug abuse …—James Edward Mills, The Wisconsin State Journal
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