nonsocial
adjective
non·so·cial
ˌnän-ˈsō-shəl 
: not socially oriented : lacking a social component
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Their active periods included social and nonsocial behaviors such as fighting or grooming themselves or one another.
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Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
These findings show that incidental olfactory suspicion cues can affect performance on social as well as nonsocial reasoning tasks.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2015
Alcohol placebos affect social behaviors but not nonsocial ones, and have not previously been shown to affect memory.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2011
But farming in nonsocial insects, like the loner lizard beetles, is more mysterious.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
The surveys assessed the personality of the animals in five categories: Fearfulness, including fear of people, nonsocial fear, fear of dogs, fear of handling.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
The up or down arrows were a nonsocial, abstract cue.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Jan. 2018
And now even a nonsocial network, Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google and the elephant in the digital room, is looking to get in the game.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2016
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Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
These findings show that incidental olfactory suspicion cues can affect performance on social as well as nonsocial reasoning tasks.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2015
Alcohol placebos affect social behaviors but not nonsocial ones, and have not previously been shown to affect memory.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2011
But farming in nonsocial insects, like the loner lizard beetles, is more mysterious.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2013
The surveys assessed the personality of the animals in five categories: Fearfulness, including fear of people, nonsocial fear, fear of dogs, fear of handling.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
The up or down arrows were a nonsocial, abstract cue.
—Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Jan. 2018
And now even a nonsocial network, Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google and the elephant in the digital room, is looking to get in the game.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2016
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“Nonsocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonsocial. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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