Antisocial vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
antisocial | abnormal |
Unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people
antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
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As adjectives the difference between antisocial and abnormal
is that antisocial is unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.As nouns the difference between antisocial and abnormal
is that antisocial is an antisocial individual while abnormal is a person or object that is not normal.antisocial
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
() * antisocially (adverb) * antisociality, the quality of being antisocial * Asbo, antisocial behaviour order * antisocial personality disorderabnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
