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nonavoidance

nonavoidance noun: absence of avoidance; failure to avoid something.

Noun

nonavoidance (uncountable)

  1. Absence of avoidance; failure to avoid something.
    • The role of the therapist is to guide the woman (and her partner) through the difficulty of approaching the penetration-related fears, to manage the associated intense fear, and to encourage nonavoidance.2014, Yitzchak M. Binik, Kathryn S. K. Hall, Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fifth Edition, page 186

Origin of nonavoidance

From non- + avoidance.

Questions about nonavoidance

What does nonavoidance mean?
Nonavoidance means absence of avoidance; failure to avoid something.
What part of speech is nonavoidance?
Nonavoidance is a noun.

Words near nonavoidance in the dictionary

  1. nonaversive
  2. nonavian
  3. nonavians
  4. nonaviation
  5. nonavoidable
  6. nonavoidance
  7. nonavoidant
  8. nonawake
  9. nonaware
  10. nonawareness
  11. nonaxenic

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