subsocial


sub·so·cial

adj \ˌsəb-ˈsō-shəl\

Definition of SUBSOCIAL

: incompletely social; especially : tending to associate gregariously but lacking fixed or complex social organization <subsocial insects>

First Known Use of SUBSOCIAL

circa 1909

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