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avoidant

adj
/əˈvɔɪdənt/

Etymology

From avoid + -ant.

  1. derived from vacuus
  2. derived from *vocitum✻
  3. derived from *vocitāre✻
  4. derived from esvuidier
  5. derived from avoider
  6. inherited from avoiden
  7. suffixed as avoidant — “avoid + ant”

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting avoidance

    Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.

    • Then as the cranes, that to Riphæan mountains Might fly in part, and part towards the sands, These of the frost, those of the sun avoidant, One folk is going, and the other coming,

  2. A person who exhibits avoidance.

    • But unlike schizoids, with whom they are sometimes confused, avoidants are actually eager to socialize. The reason they hang back is their worry that they are personally unappealing[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA