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avoidant

avoidant

English

Adjective

avoidant ‎(comparative more avoidant, superlative most avoidant)

Exhibiting avoidance

Derived terms

avoidantly
avoidant personality

Noun

avoidant ‎(plural avoidants)

A person who exhibits avoidance.
- 2011, Samuel Barondes, Making Sense of People (page 46)
  But unlike schizoids, with whom they are sometimes confused, avoidants are actually eager to socialize. The reason they hang back is their worry that they are personally unappealing […]