NOUN | motive | abience | (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object |
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Meaning | (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object. | |
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Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
Broader | urge, impulse | An instinctive motive |
Opposite | adience | (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object |
Adjectives | abient | characterized by avoidance or withdrawal |
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