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Antisocial

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

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Unsociable 84% connected

Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.

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Unsociable 84% connected

Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.

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Adhesiveness noun · 78% connection

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

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Adultery noun · 78% connection

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or volunta…

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Annihilate verb · 78% connection

To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilat…

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Boycott noun · 78% connection

The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, emplo…

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Break verb · 78% connection

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journ…

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Caste noun · 78% connection

A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

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Ceremonial noun · 78% connection

A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts o…

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Commerce noun · 78% connection

Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

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Communicate verb · 78% connection

To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicati…

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Communion noun · 78% connection

Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of t…

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Company noun · 78% connection

Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

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Constitution noun · 78% connection

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; c…

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Conversative adjective · 78% connection

Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.

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Correspond verb · 78% connection

To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by w…

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

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Deadly adjective · 78% connection

Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.

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Decency noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions…

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