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cold-avoidant

cold-avoidant adjective: exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.

Adjective

cold-avoidant (comparative more cold-avoidant, superlative most cold-avoidant)

  1. Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.

Forms of cold-avoidant

comparativemore cold-avoidant
superlativemost cold-avoidant

Questions about cold-avoidant

What does cold-avoidant mean?
Cold-avoidant means exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.
What part of speech is cold-avoidant?
Cold-avoidant is an adjective.

Words near cold-avoidant in the dictionary

  1. cold work
  2. cold worked
  3. cold working
  4. cold works
  5. cold-aridiphilous
  6. cold-avoidant
  7. cold-back
  8. cold-backs
  9. cold-blooded
  10. cold-bloodedly
  11. cold-bloodedness

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