"avoidant" meaning in English

See avoidant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈvɔɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avoidant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more avoidant [comparative], most avoidant [superlative]
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  1. Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something. Translations (exhibiting avoidance): ἀποφευκτικός (apopheuktikós) (Ancient Greek), αποφευκτικός (apofefktikós) (Greek), evitante (Spanish), evitador (Spanish), evitativo (Spanish)
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Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /əˈvɔɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avoidant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: avoidants [plural]
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  1. A person who exhibits avoidance.
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  2. A person who exhibits avoidance.
    (psychology) A person who exhibits a dismissive-avoidant or fearful-avoidant attachment style.
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Inflected forms

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