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What is Avoiding Someone?


Avoiding someone is when an individual actively avoids a person for a specific reason. This can be driven by a wide range of factors such as biases, discomfort, conflict avoidance or social withdrawal. Avoiding someone can be fully rational whereby you have a reasonable reason to avoid them. It can also be a negative thing such as a passive aggressive strategy or a bias against the person.

Details

Category
Social Behavior
Type
Avoidance
Applies To
Social situations and relationships where social contact could be reasonably expected.
How to Identify
Someone appears to go out of their way to avoid contact with you.
How to Handle
Let them do what they will. Try not to stress over it.

Citation

"What is Avoiding Someone?" Behaviorlist. Retrieved April 16, 2025 from https://behaviorlist.com/a/avoiding-someone
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