Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cold-avoidant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: cold-avoidant
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.

Inflected Forms

more cold-avoidant (comparative) most cold-avoidant (superlative)

Phrases

exploitable-avoidant schizoid personality disorder

Frequently Paired Words

exploitable-avoidant schizoid personality disorder

Questions

What does cold-avoidant mean?: Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.

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