avoidant

About 0.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
2. noun A person who exhibits avoidance. A person who exhibits a dismissive-avoidant or fearful-avoidant attachment style.
3. noun A person who exhibits a dismissive-avoidant or fearful-avoidant attachment style.

Similar words

abient noncommittal aloof head-in-the-sand recondite headshy abstentious awkward cowardly standoffish

Often followed by

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