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Antisocial vs Assholism - What's the difference?

antisocial | assholism |

As nouns the difference between antisocial and assholism

is that antisocial is an antisocial individual while assholism is (slang|vulgar) consistently antisocial behavior.

As an adjective antisocial

is unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people.

antisocial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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

    • Derived terms

    () * antisocially (adverb) * antisociality, the quality of being antisocial * Asbo, antisocial behaviour order * antisocial personality disorder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An antisocial individual.
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    assholism

    English

    Alternative forms

    * arseholism

    Alternative forms

    * assholeism, asshole-ism

    Noun

  • (slang, vulgar) Consistently antisocial behavior.
  • * "... I embraced him [ ] because of his vigor and contempt with all his assholism included" (Seymour Krim, Shake It For The World, Smartass , 1970, p. 30)
  • * "I've often observed that assholeism tends to run in families." (J. T. Nichols, A ghost in the music , 1979, p. 18)
  • * "Disputations on Art, Anarchy and Assholism" (book title, , 1997, ISBN 9780951441756)

    • Synonyms

    * assholedom * assholery