unsocialadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊʃl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1

Not social; not inclined for, adapted to, or fond of society:

a. Of persons (or animals).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society

moy1487

uncompanable1555

inconversable1577

unconversable1593

insociable1598

unsociable1600

dissociable1603

unconversing1643

insocial1654

incommunicative1670

segregative1685

uncommunicative1691

unsocial1731

unamicable1732

uncompanionable1748

dissocial1762

unclubbable?1764

ungregarious1829

lame1942

socially distanced1970

1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets Ep. Ded. p. vii Even Tartary, uncultivated, and unsocial, as she is, has given the World a Tamerlane.

1758 J. Armstrong Sketches 67 To be perpetually wise, is forbidding, unsocial, and something that does not become human Nature.

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xvi. 12 Neither of these motives can operate in causing unsocial insects to congregate.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 298 My unsocial neighbour startled me..by gravely propounding that he [sc. Scott] was not a Christian.

in extended use.1781 W. Cowper Charity 126 To give the pole the produce of the sun, And knit th' unsocial climates into one.

b. Of habits, conditions, etc. unsocial hours, socially inconvenient working hours.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > unsocial hours

unsocial hours1734

1734 A. Hill On Death Dennis 1 Adieu! unsocial excellence! at last Thy foes are vanquish'd.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 152 A solitary, unsocial State, can never supply tolerably the common Necessaries of Life.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 216 The mode of dining..at such houses in London, is..particularly unsocial.

1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 228 What savage unsocial nights must our ancestors have spent.

1884 Cent. Mag. 28 620 The unsocial effect of the drinking habit.

1973 Times 4 Dec. 1/1 A proposed unsocial hours payment in recognition of the odd times of the day and night that a [train] driver has to report for duty.1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 17 Dec. 15/7 (advt.) Waiter-waitress required for Lenton Hall of Residence... Good holidays and unsocial hours payment for week-end work.1982 Economist 13 Nov. 50/1 If the government is to avoid the annual pay squabble with the nurses the new review body should first establish realistic pay scales..taking into account the unsocial hours.1984 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 July 145/2 The unsocial hours during which most emergency operating is done has meant that much of it has been unsupervised.

c. Of disposition, temper, etc.

ΚΠ

1739 R. Glover London 212 Benignant peace With hospitality begin to sooth Unsocial rapine, and the thirst of blood.

1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i Perhaps the recollection of a deed my conscience cannot justify may haunt me in such gloomy and unsocial fits, that [etc.].

1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 3 Our unsocial turn he ascribes to ‘that independence Britons prize too high’.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ii. 132 The man himself was of too unsocial and forbidding a temper to conciliate them.

1885 Manch. Examiner 12 Feb. 4/7 The unsocial selfishness which excluded the toiling populations from their national health-giving scenes.

Derivatives

unˈsocialism n. (a) the quality of being unsocial; (b) an absence of socialism (rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun]

incommunicableness1643

non-communion1648

non-intercourse1794

unsocialism1849

unsociality1852

non-fraternizationc1870

non-frat1945

social deprivation1958

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > condition or state of > absence of

unsocialism1849

1849 W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers II. 422 Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart.

1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 4 The gambling spirit urges man to..secure some acres of her [sc. Stepmother Earth]... This is Private Property or Unsocialism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unsocial
释义	unsocialadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsəʊʃl/, U.S. /ˌənˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 Not social; not inclined for, adapted to, or fond of society: a. Of persons (or animals). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society moy1487 uncompanable1555 inconversable1577 unconversable1593 insociable1598 unsociable1600 dissociable1603 unconversing1643 insocial1654 incommunicative1670 segregative1685 uncommunicative1691 unsocial1731 unamicable1732 uncompanionable1748 dissocial1762 unclubbable?1764 ungregarious1829 lame1942 socially distanced1970 1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets Ep. Ded. p. vii Even Tartary, uncultivated, and unsocial, as she is, has given the World a Tamerlane. 1758 J. Armstrong Sketches 67 To be perpetually wise, is forbidding, unsocial, and something that does not become human Nature. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xvi. 12 Neither of these motives can operate in causing unsocial insects to congregate. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 298 My unsocial neighbour startled me..by gravely propounding that he [sc. Scott] was not a Christian. in extended use.1781 W. Cowper Charity 126 To give the pole the produce of the sun, And knit th' unsocial climates into one. b. Of habits, conditions, etc. unsocial hours, socially inconvenient working hours. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > unsocial hours unsocial hours1734 1734 A. Hill On Death Dennis 1 Adieu! unsocial excellence! at last Thy foes are vanquish'd. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 152 A solitary, unsocial State, can never supply tolerably the common Necessaries of Life. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 216 The mode of dining..at such houses in London, is..particularly unsocial. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 228 What savage unsocial nights must our ancestors have spent. 1884 Cent. Mag. 28 620 The unsocial effect of the drinking habit. 1973 Times 4 Dec. 1/1 A proposed unsocial hours payment in recognition of the odd times of the day and night that a [train] driver has to report for duty.1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 17 Dec. 15/7 (advt.) Waiter-waitress required for Lenton Hall of Residence... Good holidays and unsocial hours payment for week-end work.1982 Economist 13 Nov. 50/1 If the government is to avoid the annual pay squabble with the nurses the new review body should first establish realistic pay scales..taking into account the unsocial hours.1984 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 July 145/2 The unsocial hours during which most emergency operating is done has meant that much of it has been unsupervised. c. Of disposition, temper, etc. ΚΠ 1739 R. Glover London 212 Benignant peace With hospitality begin to sooth Unsocial rapine, and the thirst of blood. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i Perhaps the recollection of a deed my conscience cannot justify may haunt me in such gloomy and unsocial fits, that [etc.]. 1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 3 Our unsocial turn he ascribes to ‘that independence Britons prize too high’. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ii. 132 The man himself was of too unsocial and forbidding a temper to conciliate them. 1885 Manch. Examiner 12 Feb. 4/7 The unsocial selfishness which excluded the toiling populations from their national health-giving scenes. Derivatives unˈsocialism n. (a) the quality of being unsocial; (b) an absence of socialism (rare). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] incommunicableness1643 non-communion1648 non-intercourse1794 unsocialism1849 unsociality1852 non-fraternizationc1870 non-frat1945 social deprivation1958 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > condition or state of > absence of unsocialism1849 1849 W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers II. 422 Behind all his assumed unsocialism there lay a true warm heart. 1889 G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 4 The gambling spirit urges man to..secure some acres of her [sc. Stepmother Earth]... This is Private Property or Unsocialism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731
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