to eschew

Examples

• All

• Policy change should bear in mind these disparities and eschew potentially discriminatory educational policies or practices.

  Academic text (2013)

• His accumulated works and statements demonstrate truth to be a goal he eschewed rather than embraced.

  Academic text (2008)

• "And I promise, Mama, I shall eschew racing from this moment on.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I also expect all my guests to maintain appropriate manners and conversation and to eschew all things modern.

  Austenland (2013)

• One respondent wrote, "I have had to eschew the concept of practicing."

  Academic text (2012)

• You know, Elsie Stark, she eschewed the pleasures of this earth.

  A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

• Unfortunately, he lacks a major backer, in part because he eschews the limelight.

  Academic text (1991)

• The practitioner explicitly eschewed the use of likelihood ratios in favor of what she called "a plain language conclusion."

  Academic text (2017)

• His subsequent work eschewed the rigors of scholarship and instead favored political activism.

  Academic text (2008)

• People ate alone or in small, staggered groups, eschewing an affected mass catharsis for quieter, healing solitude.

  Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

A

to avoid

vsto eschew

∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

often focuses on deliberate refusal for reasons beyond simple safety

S

to stay away

vsto eschew

711 1.6

Keep a distance from people or things you want to avoid

is more deliberate and may include principled abstention beyond distance

S

to stay away from

vsto eschew

570 2.3

Avoid going near people or places for safety

is broader and includes deliberate moral or habitual avoidance beyond safety

K

to keep off

vsto eschew

278 2.4

To stay away from a place, person, or thing

is broader and also covers deliberate refusal to act or consume for reasons

R

to refrain

vsto eschew

81 4.2

Choose not to do something you want to do

is broader and covers general avoidance of objects or people

S

to shun

vsto eschew

72 4.6

To avoid someone or something and refuse to meet and speak to them on purpose

is more general and can include non social abstention or avoidance

O

to opt out

vsto eschew

67 3.5

To choose not to take part in something

is wider and covers refusing things habitually, not only formal participation

S

to stay out of it

vsto eschew

66 3.8

To avoid getting involved in an argument or fight

is broader and includes active refusal or abstention, not only non involvement

T

to turn away from

vsto eschew

65 3.7

To refuse to have anything to do with someone or something

is broader and also covers avoiding actions or physical contact, not only refusal

S

to steer clear of

vsto eschew

• Informal

38 4.0

To stay away from people and things that may cause trouble or harm

is not limited to danger avoidance and includes principled abstention

A

to abstain

vsto eschew

29 5.0

To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons

is broader and applies to avoiding things or people beyond consumption

K

to keep out

vsto eschew

19 1.0

To stay outside a place and not go in

is broader and can mean avoiding people, ideas, or behaviours as well

S

to sidestep the issue

vsto eschew

2 6.0

To avoid answering a difficult question by changing the subject

is broader and applies to avoiding things beyond talk, including actions

K

to keep one's distance

vsto eschew

1 3.9

To stay away from people or things to avoid close contact

is broader and can mean refusing or avoiding actions, not just distance

Antonyms

I

to indulge

94 4.3

To allow yourself to enjoy something pleasant, often more than needed

E

embrace

24 3.4

A warm, willing acceptance of someone or an idea

How Avoidant

to shun

72 4.6

to eschew

• Formal

23 8.9

to avoid

∞ 1.0

to refrain

81 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology