avoidant

əˈvɔɪdənt
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Translation of avoidant from English into French

Adjective

1.

behavioral trait

showing a tendency to avoid
  • His avoidant behavior made social gatherings difficult.Son comportement évitant rendait les rassemblements sociaux difficiles.
2.

psychology

TECH.
demonstrating a tendency to avoid intimacy
TECH.
  • She had an avoidant attachment style.Elle avait un style d'attachement évitant.
3.

social behavior

TECH.
avoiding social interactions or responsibilities
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  • His avoidant nature kept him from attending the party.Sa nature évitante l'a empêché d'assister à la fête.
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Synonyms and analogies of avoidant in English

Examples of avoidant in a sentence

  • His avoidant nature kept him from forming close relationships.
  • His avoidant behavior made relationships difficult.
  • Avoidant individuals often struggle with trust issues.
  • Her avoidant behavior made group work challenging.
  • The avoidant child hid behind his mother.

Translations of "avoidant" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
évitantadj.

A Founder that is avoidant, is overbearing, is malfeasant, is distracted, is incompetent, is narcissistic will not succeed.

Un Fondateur qui agit en évitant, qui est arrogant, malfaisant, distrait, incompétent et narcissique ne réussira pas.

qui fuitadj.

The avoidant individual often missed out on great opportunities.

La personne qui fuit les interactions manque souvent de belles opportunités.

Noun
évitementnm.

She often displayed avoidant behavior, especially in social gatherings.

Elle manifestait souvent un comportement d'évitement, surtout lors des rassemblements sociaux.

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avoidant: Examples and translations in context

These children tend to show a mixture of avoidant and dependent strategies.

Ces enfants ont tendance à avoir un mélange des stratégies évitante et dépendante.

Many avoidant personalities exhibit a running away characteristic in various situations.

De nombreuses personnalités évitantes présentent une caractéristique de fuite dans diverses situations.

Inhibited or avoidant in these social relations.

Inhibée ou évitante dans ces relations sociales.

One of the main "culprits" for her avoidant personality was the perfectionism induced by the parents, which in its turn led to procrastination.

L'un des principaux facteurs responsables de sa personnalité « évitante » était le perfectionnisme induit par ses parents, qui à son tour la menait à la procrastination.

Some attachment strategies, say avoidant or replacement, are to regularly use this hyperactivation of exploration to disable attachment.

Certaines stratégies d'attachement, dites évitantes ou détachées, consistent à recourir régulièrement à cette hyperactivation de l'exploration pour désactiver l'attachement.

Children who were in avoidant attachment relationships during infancy are vulnerable to becoming emotionally insulated, hostile or anti-social; engaging in activities such as stealing, lying or cheating.

Les bébés qui avaient des relations d'attachement évitant sont à risque d'être isolés émotionnellement, hostiles, ou antisociaux et d'être impliqués dans des activités telles que le vol, le mensonge ou la tricherie.

Child attachment security is low, avoidant attachment behaviors are absent, and the prevalence of ambivalent and disorganized attachment behaviors is high.

Chez l'enfant, la sécurité d'attachement est faible, il y a absence de comportements évitants et la prévalence de comportements ambivalents et désorganisés est élevée.

She identified that he had problems concentrating, insomnia, irritability, a personality disorder, and dependent and avoidant traits.

Elle a relevé qu'il éprouvait des problèmes de concentration, d'insomnie, d'irritabilité, un trouble de la personnalité, ainsi que des traits de personnalité dépendante et évitante.

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