subsocialadj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbˈsəʊʃl/, U.S.

/ˌsəbˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, social adj.

Etymology: < sub- prefix + social adj.

1. Existing outside or on the margins of mainstream society; designating or relating to a subordinate social class.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > of or belonging to Araneida > subsocial

subsocial1863

1863 Home League (Hartford, Wisconsin) 10 Oct. 1/5 The subsocial revolution..which is working underneath the war will culminate in good.

1890 Critic (N.Y.) 13 Dec. 303/1 The parallel between the dense, pigmy-inhabited forests of Africa and the sub-social nooks and crannies of Great Britain.

1902 Polit. Sci. Q. 17 610 The policemen and prison officials who are dealing with the anti-social classes, the charity workers and pauper overseers who are dealing with the sub-social classes.

1948 O. C. Cox Caste, Class, & Race xvii. 357 Modern slavery necessarily demands that the social system define the colored bondmen as irredeemably subsocial.

1972 P. T. Cominos in M. Vicinus Suffer & be Still (1973) ix. 167 One who had fallen below the line of respectability into the subsocial system of prostitution.

2003 E. A. Fattah in W. Heitmeyer & J. Hagan Internat. Handbk. Violence Res. II. ii. iv. 776 Members of subsocial groups run a much higher risk of becoming victims of crime.

2. Zoology. Esp. of an insect species: living gregariously but nesting separately, without a fixed social organization.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > without fixed social organization

subsocial1928

1928 W. M. Wheeler Social Insects i. 13 The insects included in categories (1) to (5) may be designated as ‘infrasocial’; those of (6), which are more interesting for our purposes may be called ‘quasi-’ or ‘subsocial’.

1958 Science 2 May 1046/1 Social organization in the main groups of social bees..did not arise..through subsocial family groups.

1976 Sci. Amer. Mar. 101/3 Michener's second evolutionary route he calls subsocial,..characterized by solitary rather than communal nest building.

2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies v. 115 In the Michener–Wilson social classification, embiids are labeled subsocial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subsocial
释义	subsocialadj. Brit. /ˌsʌbˈsəʊʃl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, social adj. Etymology: < sub- prefix + social adj. 1. Existing outside or on the margins of mainstream society; designating or relating to a subordinate social class. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [adjective] > of or belonging to Araneida > subsocial subsocial1863 1863 Home League (Hartford, Wisconsin) 10 Oct. 1/5 The subsocial revolution..which is working underneath the war will culminate in good. 1890 Critic (N.Y.) 13 Dec. 303/1 The parallel between the dense, pigmy-inhabited forests of Africa and the sub-social nooks and crannies of Great Britain. 1902 Polit. Sci. Q. 17 610 The policemen and prison officials who are dealing with the anti-social classes, the charity workers and pauper overseers who are dealing with the sub-social classes. 1948 O. C. Cox Caste, Class, & Race xvii. 357 Modern slavery necessarily demands that the social system define the colored bondmen as irredeemably subsocial. 1972 P. T. Cominos in M. Vicinus Suffer & be Still (1973) ix. 167 One who had fallen below the line of respectability into the subsocial system of prostitution. 2003 E. A. Fattah in W. Heitmeyer & J. Hagan Internat. Handbk. Violence Res. II. ii. iv. 776 Members of subsocial groups run a much higher risk of becoming victims of crime. 2. Zoology. Esp. of an insect species: living gregariously but nesting separately, without a fixed social organization. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > without fixed social organization subsocial1928 1928 W. M. Wheeler Social Insects i. 13 The insects included in categories (1) to (5) may be designated as ‘infrasocial’; those of (6), which are more interesting for our purposes may be called ‘quasi-’ or ‘subsocial’. 1958 Science 2 May 1046/1 Social organization in the main groups of social bees..did not arise..through subsocial family groups. 1976 Sci. Amer. Mar. 101/3 Michener's second evolutionary route he calls subsocial,..characterized by solitary rather than communal nest building. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies v. 115 In the Michener–Wilson social classification, embiids are labeled subsocial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1863
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