antisocial
A word commonly confused with "asocial".
Asocial means simply not being social (it does not imply hatred or negativity, only "absence"), while antisocial insinuates an active hostility or contempt for society as a whole.
Asocial means simply not being social (it does not imply hatred or negativity, only "absence"), while antisocial insinuates an active hostility or contempt for society as a whole.
Example:
Ignorant individual: "See that antisocial loner over there? He/she would rather stay at home and read than talk with me."
Person 2: "Don't you mean asocial?"
Ignorant individual: "What? Same difference."
Ignorant individual: "See that antisocial loner over there? He/she would rather stay at home and read than talk with me."
Person 2: "Don't you mean asocial?"
Ignorant individual: "What? Same difference."