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cold-avoidant

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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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Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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