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AVOIDANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
Synonyms:
avoidance; dodging; shunning; turning away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("avoidance" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "avoidance"):
aversion; averting (the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away)
escape (an avoidance of danger or difficulty)
near thing (something that barely avoids failure or disaster)
Derivation:
avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)
Context examples:
This finding indicates that treatment and prevention of infection and avoidance of chemotherapy if an infection cannot be cleared are important considerations before transplantation.
(Early treatment benefits infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, NIH)
I have never, but in your presence, interchanged a word with him from that time; then, only when it has been necessary for the avoidance of this explanation.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A disorder characterized by fear and avoidance of light.
(Photophobia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
However, the prognosis is favorable with successful avoidance of gluten in the diet.
(Celiac Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Anxiety disorder characterized by intense, unrealistic, persistent fear and avoidance of an object, activity, or situation.
(Phobia, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
In his avoidance of slang and his search after right words, Martin was compelled to talk slowly, which enabled him to find the best thoughts that were in him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Galactosemias range in severity depending on the nature of the genetic change, and are usually treated through avoidance of galactose in the diet, primarily from lactose in dairy products.
(Leloir Pathway of Galactose Metabolism, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
These parallel circuits drove opposing emotional states: avoidance (aversion) and approach (preference).
(Researchers identify key brain circuits for reward-seeking and avoidance behavior, National Institutes of Health)
Your master, Poole, is plainly seized with one of those maladies that both torture and deform the sufferer; hence, for aught I know, the alteration of his voice; hence the mask and the avoidance of his friends; hence his eagerness to find this drug, by means of which the poor soul retains some hope of ultimate recovery—God grant that he be not deceived!
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Fear and avoidance of light.
(Photophobia, NCI Thesaurus)
