Antisocial vs Reclusive - What's the difference?
antisocial | reclusive |
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
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
*
As adjectives the difference between antisocial and reclusive
is that antisocial is unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people while reclusive is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.As a noun antisocial
is an antisocial individual.antisocial
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(en adjective)Derived terms
() * antisocially (adverb) * antisociality, the quality of being antisocial * Asbo, antisocial behaviour order * antisocial personality disorderreclusive
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(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea.}}
- And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
- As best befits her wounded reputation,
- In some reclusive and religious life,
- Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.