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The "a" prefix means "not". The "anti" prefix means "against". Take apathy and antipathy. Asexual vs antisexual. Areligious vs antireligious. The definitions o
by imustbeevil 9y ago
The "a" prefix means "not". The "anti" prefix means "against".
Take apathy and antipathy. Asexual vs antisexual. Areligious vs antireligious. The definitions of these prefixes are exact and consistent.
- amelius 9y agoYes, so when somebody says "stop making noise, you're asocial" then they mean "antisocial".
- imustbeevil 9y agoIf anyone ever said that then yes. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=antisocial,asocial https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=antisocial,asocia...
- amelius 9y agoThat's number of queries. The interesting thing is that the numbers of search results seem to be reversed.
- baddox 9y agoStill works for the common usage of “antisocial” if you think of it as “against personally engaging in social activity” instead of “against society.”