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asocial

adjective as in uncongenial

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"They definitely seem to be attuned to the changing social dynamics in their environment, which is somewhat unexpected given that they were domesticated from asocial species. I would not feel comfortable speculating about love and grief at this point. I think it is safe to say that they can form attachments where they respond to the loss of an attachment figure."

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But it would be wrong to think that animals who typically are not asocial don't have that capacity.

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That was good, he believed, because the "asocial mindset" of trans people and their supposedly frequent "criminal activity … justifies draconian measures by the state."

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The Guardian summarizes this: "If you did a psychological profile of the corporation, what would it look like? Self-interested, manipulative, avowedly asocial, self-aggrandising, unable to accept responsibility for its own actions or feel remorse - as a person, the corporation would probably qualify as a full-blown psychopath."

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The court failed to consider the obvious truth that this concern over Roma criminality was itself a symptom of bigotry and instead claimed that “Gypsies,” because of their supposed “asocial behavior,” had instigated their own oppression.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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