Examples of 'avoidant' in a sentence

Meaning of "avoidant"

Avoidant (noun) - may refer to a person or thing that systematically avoids certain situations, responsibilities, or relationships. It could indicate a specific psychological or behavioral trait
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  • Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
  • A person who exhibits avoidance.

How to use "avoidant" in a sentence

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Avoidant is equally common in men and women.
He fears encountering it and will become avoidant.
Avoidant personality disorder is characterized as being hypersensitive to rejection.
The results are defensive and avoidant behaviors.
Avoidant attachment has serious consequences on any adult.
He identified four adult subtypes of avoidant personality disorder.
Be not avoidant of personal growth experiences.
Passive codependents are more fearful and avoidant of conflict.
They may exhibit avoidant behaviour in certain situations.
Secure made them feel less needy and avoidant.
They exhibit both avoidant and resistant attachment behavior.
Avoidant personality often makes people feel inferior to others.
These are people who have an avoidant attachment style.
Children with avoidant attachment demonstrate an indifference towards the parent.
You are being avoidant.

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The avoidant person believes others should change for him.
At the moment she is quite avoidant and keeps out of trouble.
Avoidant attachment in adolescence and adulthood may be either dismissing or fearful.
For the avoidant child.
The avoidant partner is pretty much comfortable with things as they are.
Lots of avoidant women.
How huggers should interact with people who are hug avoidant.
People with avoidant personality disorder can go on to lead a fulfilling life.
Researchers today do not know what causes avoidant personality disorder.
Avoidant personality disorder is reported to be especially prevalent in people with anxiety disorders.
This makes it more difficult to be seduced by your avoidant automatic behavior.
Do not report that avoidant or disorganized attachment predicts later aggressive behavior.
Posttraumatic stress disorder is also commonly comorbid with avoidant personality disorder.
The avoidant attachment style develops in children whose parents are consistently unavailable emotionally.
Working with patients who have avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
Consistently insensitive parents are more likely to have infants with avoidant attachment.
The remaining items deal with how avoidant a person is in their relationship.
Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.
Let us see how these two perspectives influence avoidant attachment in adulthood.
Avoidant attachment style and number of sessions predicted belonging to the different clusters or profiles.
A key factor in this pattern of behavior is having developed an avoidant attachment in childhood.
Avoidant / restrictive food intake disorder.
The compensatory narcissist who exhibits avoidant behaviors and passive aggressive features.
So, what would be the opposite of unhealthy and avoidant.
It appears she was as avoidant or more than I was.
Avoidant personality disorder, these people are hypersensitive to criticism or rejection.
Research shows that fear of happiness is associated with avoidant and anxious attachment styles.
It also measured avoidant coping and self-deceptive positivity.
Socially phobic children who experience a stressful event can become even more avoidant and socially inactive.
They were avoidant and deeply depressed ; one of them was suicidal.
Of infants in American are considered to have avoidant attachment.
Insecure children, particularly avoidant children, are especially vulnerable to family risk.
And Cluster C consists of individuals with dependent personality disorder or avoidant personality disorder.
Avoidant personality disorder must be distinguished from the following 2 disorders,.
Someone who is suffering from PNSD may become avoidant of any number of things.

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