Avoidant vs Evasive - What's the difference?
avoidant | evasive |
A person who exhibits avoidance.
* 2011 , Samuel Barondes, Making Sense of People (page 46)
Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action .
As adjectives the difference between avoidant and evasive
is that avoidant is exhibiting avoidance while evasive is .As a noun avoidant
is a person who exhibits avoidance.avoidant
English
Derived terms
* avoidantly * avoidant personalityNoun
(en noun)- But unlike schizoids, with whom they are sometimes confused, avoidants are actually eager to socialize. The reason they hang back is their worry that they are personally unappealing