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avoidants

avoidants is the plural of avoidant.

Meaning of avoidant

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.

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Questions about avoidants

What is avoidants the plural of?
Avoidants is the plural of avoidant.

Words near avoidants in the dictionary

  1. avoidant personality disordered
  2. avoidant personality disorders
  3. avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
  4. avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders
  5. avoidantly
  6. avoidants
  7. avoidaunce
  8. avoidaunces
  9. avoided
  10. avoided like the plague
  11. avoider

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