avoidant

Speech parts

1. avoidant - Noun

2. avoidant - Adjective

Meaning

avoidant (comparative more avoidant, superlative most avoidant)

Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.

avoidant (plural avoidants)

A person who exhibits avoidance.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

unapproachable offish dissociable indrawn nonsocial antisocial unsociable asocial dissocial abient

Antonyms

frank personal frontal abrupt outspoken one-on-one
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Examples

Narcissism falls along the axis of what psychologists call personality disorders, one of a group that includes antisocial, dependent, histrionic, avoidant and borderline personalities. But by most measures, narcissism is one of the worst, if only because the narcissists themselves are so clueless. Jeffrey Kluger

According to PsychAlive, a baby or young child that actively resists physical contact with their parent just might be leaning towards that avoidant attachment style. Source: Internet

They seemed avoidant and sentimental, a way to bleach the concept of death of its declarative force. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

avoidance of violence avoidance reaction avoidance speech avoidant personality disorder avoidantly avoidaunce