dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/aso_MW.json

{
  "Asolo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "commune in northeastern Italy northwest of Treviso population 7636":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4-z\u022f-\u02ccl\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124042",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "asocial":{
    "antonyms":[
      "cordial",
      "friendly",
      "sociable",
      "social",
      "warm"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": antisocial":[],
      ": not social: such as":[],
      ": rejecting or lacking the capacity for social interaction":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "an asocial and grumpy artist lives alone on the top floor",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This remarkably asocial act was his social life in a nutshell. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
      "The practice of art seemed an asocial , even antisocial activity. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "To think of the brain as an asocial or pre-social organ is thus deeply mistaken. \u2014 Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
      "There seems to me to be a value in keeping our dreams private and asocial , particularly in a world where social technologies burrow ever deeper into our conscious lives. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The third key message concludes leaders should be cautious about the negative impacts of power imbalance, leading to asocial interests and selfish actions, which weaken the effect of technological similarity on post-acquisition innovation. \u2014 Benjamin Laker, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "C\u00e9zanne was personally shy, to the point of being asocial . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 21 June 2021",
      "For some of us, being asocial isn\u2019t a huge adjustment. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 19 Apr. 2020",
      "Marechera wrote much of the book while living in a tent in a meadow near Oxford, from which he had been expelled for violent and asocial behavior. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u0101-\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259l",
      "(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8s\u014d-sh\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aloof",
      "antisocial",
      "buttoned-up",
      "cold",
      "cold-eyed",
      "cool",
      "detached",
      "distant",
      "dry",
      "frosty",
      "offish",
      "remote",
      "standoff",
      "standoffish",
      "unbending",
      "unclubbable",
      "unsociable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011233",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "asomatognosia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ignorance of paralysis as a result of brain damage":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6\u0101\u02ccs\u014dm\u0259\u02cct\u00e4g\u02c8n\u014dzh(\u0113)\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from a- entry 2 + somat- + -gnosia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143052"
  },
  "Asokan column":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stone column found in India and usually of considerable height on which Buddhist inscriptions were cut \u2014 compare lat entry 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259\u02c8s(h)\u014dk\u0259n-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Asoka the Great \u2020232 b.c. king of Magadha, ancient kingdom of India, at whose behest they were erected + English - an":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192101"
  },
  "asonant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not sonant":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)\u0101 + \u00a6-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + sonant":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052633"
  },
  "asomatophyte":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a plant in which body and reproductive cells are not distinct and which lacking permanent tissue loses none of its capacity to grow and multiply \u2014 compare somatophyte":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6\u0101 +"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 2 + somat- + -phyte":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095414"
  },
  "Aso, Mount":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "volcanic mountain in central Kyushu, Japan; has five volcanic cones grouped around a crater 15 miles (24 kilometers) long with walls 2000 feet (610 meters) high":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)s\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174258"
  }
}