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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
asocial

1883, "antagonistic to society or social order," from a- "not" + social (adj.); also compare antisocial.

Wiktionary
asocial

a. 1 not social 2 not sociable 3 (context perhaps colloquial sometimes proscribed English) antisocial

WordNet
asocial
  1. adj. given to avoiding association with others; "bears are asocial secretive animals"; "are you asocial or do you just enjoy living in the Antarctic?"

  2. unwilling or unable to conform to normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior" [syn: antisocial]

Usage examples of "asocial".

These individuals will be labeled as the Organized Nonsocial and the Disorganized Asocial personalities.

In my twenty-five years of experience, all of the serial offenders who communicated with the press or police and proposed names and identities for themselves leaned much more to the organized, antisocial side of the continuum than the disorganized, asocial side.

Lydia had spent some of her money for an AP nursemaid and had taken on herself the full responsibility for making certain that Alice did not become egocentric and asocial as was often the case with children left too much in the care of APs.

It was no wonder the cities reputedly festered with asocial, deviate, and criminal behavior.

It is unusual for a serial killer of the disorganized asocial type to communicate with the police, media, family, etc.

However, the state may reasonably place a closed season on these exotic asocial animals whenever they are in danger of becoming extinct.

It was considered something of asocial gaffe to cuddle up to a different sort of animal.

The second incident was a juvenile delinquent escapade committed by an asocial teenager.

Even more than Verdea was he a reader, a student, soft-spoken, asocial.