RyanFrank t1_j6xs0tc wrote
Reply to comment by kevinds in Australian Fast Food Restaurant Bans Minors From Ordering Food To Prevent Youth Gang Gatherings by railsman
You're confusing asocial with antisocial. Asocial is having difficulty with social interactions. Antisocial is against facets of society, like anarchists.
RunInRunOn t1_j6z312y wrote
How to remember it: A- means not, so asocial is not social. Anti- means against, so antiocial is against society.
kevinds t1_j6y7to1 wrote
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/antisocial
>adjective
>Someone who is antisocial is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
It appears this word has two definitions..
bl4ckhunter t1_j714kev wrote
The main principle of linguistics is that if enough people get something wrong it becomes right.
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