Abience (Noun)
Meaning
(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
Classification
Nouns denoting goals.
Examples
- The strong abience she felt towards public speaking caused her to turn down the invitation to give a presentation.
- His abience towards spiders led him to quickly leave the room when he saw one crawling on the wall.
- After a traumatic experience, she developed a severe abience towards loud noises and avoided crowded places.
- The abience he felt towards his ex-partner made him change his daily routine to avoid running into her.
- Her abience towards heights made her hesitant to accept the job offer that required her to work on a high-rise building.