Meanings
adjectivecold-avoidant (comparative more cold-avoidant, superlative most cold-avoidant)
comparative more cold-avoidant · superlative most cold-avoidant
- human sciencesExhibiting 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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