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ABIENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abience mean?
• ABIENCE (noun)
The noun ABIENCE has 1 sense:
1. (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
Familiarity information: ABIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Hypernyms ("abience" is a kind of...):
impulse; urge (an instinctive motive)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Antonym:
adience ((psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object)
Derivation:
abient (characterized by avoidance or withdrawal)
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