"avoidant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈvɔɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avoidant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more avoidant [comparative], most avoidant [superlative]
Etymology: avoid + -ant Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|avoid|ant}} avoid + -ant Head templates: {{en-adj}} avoidant (comparative more avoidant, superlative most avoidant)
  1. Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-avoidant-en-adj-OUW6sJN8 Disambiguation of Personality: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 74 26 Derived forms: avoidantly, avoidant personality, avoidant personality disorder, cold-avoidant, cold avoidant, conflicted avoidant, exploitable-avoidant, exploitable avoidant, hypersensitive avoidant, phobic avoidant, self-deserting avoidant

Noun

IPA: /əˈvɔɪdənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avoidant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: avoidants [plural]
Etymology: avoid + -ant Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|avoid|ant}} avoid + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} avoidant (plural avoidants)
  1. A person who exhibits avoidance.
    Sense id: en-avoidant-en-noun-JF7u9PGt

Inflected forms

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