avoidance

But the prevalence of this archetype almost elides the basic fact that spurning therapy is a symptom of a deeper avoidance: the denial of a need for treatment of any kind.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

Estrangement, fear of illness, an unresolved family saga, emotional anxiety and, yes, blunt avoidance can lead to hurtful behavior.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Understanding whether fluorescence influences communication, mating, or predator avoidance could also contribute to conservation efforts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Coco, 18, has autism and OCD, and Benjamin, 15, has pathological demand avoidance and ADHD.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I understand your confusion,” she continues, “as our goal was avoidance of the hostiles. It still is.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

In worry exposure the person is told to set a daily time to purposefully seat in a "worry chair" and think repeatedly about the thoughts that are anxiety provoking without engaging in distractions or avoidances.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016

Superstitions are not free—rituals and avoidances cost an animal in terms of energy or lost opportunities.

From US News ● Jun. 8, 2011

Mr. Marsh's aspect, if anything, pleased her; she liked these avoidances of the commonplace.

From The Emancipated by George Gissing

Here it is proposed intentionally to set up a galvanic couple to prevent corrosion; there, with the same object in view, the avoidances of galvanic action is counselled.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds

She lived again in the waltz; in the gliding motions of it, the delicious fluctuations of the reverse, the long trance-like union, the instinctive avoidances of other contact.

From Leonora by Arnold Bennett