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English
Etymology
dis- + social
Pronunciation
Adjective
dissocial (comparative more dissocial, superlative most dissocial)
- Unfriendly to society; selfish.
- dissocial feelings
1817, Jeremy Bentham, A Table of the Springs of Action: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.)
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Further reading
- “dissocial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dissocial”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “dissocial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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