Synonyms for avoidance

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1. avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging(noun)

   deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

   Synonyms:
   scheme, dodging, escape, evasion, shunning, dodge, turning away

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1. avoidance

   Synonyms:
   aimlessness, carelessness, heedlessness, neglect, negligence, oversight, purposelessness, thoughtlessness

   Antonyms:
   aim, aspiration, design, determination, end, end, endeavor, endeavor, goal, inclination, intent, intention, mark, object, purpose, tendency

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1. avoidance(n)

   Synonyms:
   evasion, eluding, eschewing, parrying

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1. List of paraphrases for "avoidance":

   avoid, evasion, annulment, cancellation, prevention, avoiding, circumvention, siding, escape, voiding, heroes, nullification, prevent, rescission, avoided

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1. John Stuart Mill:

   The maxims are, first, that the individual is not accountable to society for his actions, in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. Advice, instruction, persuasion, and avoidance by other people if thought necessary by them for their own good, are the only measures by which society can justifiably express its dislike or disapprobation of his conduct. Secondly, that for such actions as are prejudicial to the interests of others, the individual is accountable, and may be subjected either to social or to legal punishment, if society is of opinion that the one or the other is requisite for its protection.

2. Carina Venter:

   A dietitian can help parents with advice on food avoidance, information on suitable foods, lifestyle advice, bringing normality into their lives and provide some emotional support.

3. Tim Pychyl:

   We procrastinate because we give in to feel good, if a task makes me frustrated or bored, avoidance lets me escape those negative emotions.

4. Vanna Bonta:

   The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials.

5. Susan Clayton:

   The psychological responses to climate change such as conflict avoidance, fatalism, fear, helplessness and resignation are growing, these responses are keeping us, and our nation, from properly addressing the core causes of and solutions for our changing climate and from building and supporting psychological resiliency.

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