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How to spell antisocial

What it means: Not wanting to spend time with other people.

In a sentence: The cat was a bit antisocial and loved hiding under the bed. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as antisocail or anti-social.

Same family: antisocially, antisociality, social, socialize, unsocial. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Antisocial” is formed from the Greek prefix “anti-,” meaning “against,” and the Latin root “socialis,” meaning “companion” or “ally.” It originally described behavior against the good of society, not just someone who is shy or quiet.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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