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avoidant

/əˈvɔɪdənt/

avoidant adjective: exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.

Adjective

avoidant (comparative more avoidant, superlative most avoidant)

  1. 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,1867, Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy”, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, transl., Purgatorio, volume 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Canto 26, lines 43-46, p. 167

Noun

avoidant (plural avoidants)

  1. 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[…]2011, Samuel Barondes, Making Sense of People, page 46
    1. A person who exhibits a dismissive-avoidant or fearful-avoidant attachment style.

avoidant meaning in Bengali

avoidant in Bengali

এড়িয়ে চলার প্রবণতা প্রদর্শনকারী, কোনো কিছু এড়িয়ে চলা

Forms of avoidant

Adjective
comparativemore avoidant
superlativemost avoidant
Noun
pluralavoidants

Origin of avoidant

From avoid + -ant.

Words formed from avoidant

Phrases with avoidant

Questions about avoidant

What does avoidant mean?
Avoidant means exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
What is avoidant in Bengali?
Avoidant in Bengali is এড়িয়ে চলার প্রবণতা প্রদর্শনকারী, কোনো কিছু এড়িয়ে চলা. See Avoidant meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is avoidant?
Avoidant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce avoidant?
Avoidant is pronounced /əˈvɔɪdənt/.

Words near avoidant in the dictionary

  1. avoidables
  2. avoidably
  3. avoidance
  4. avoidance speech
  5. avoidances
  6. avoidant
  7. avoidant personality disorder
  8. avoidant personality disordered
  9. avoidant personality disorders
  10. avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
  11. avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders

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