to eschew
23
8.9
- verb
- /ɪsˈtʃu/
- Formal
:
abstenerse de
- She decided to eschew processed foods and focus on a healthier diet.
- eschew politics
- eschew violence
- eschew involvement
They just eschew that feeling of dependency and emotion.
- They just eschew that feeling of dependency and emotion.
- So I talk about it in Star Wars terms that there is a light side and a dark side and that if you eschew one of them, you've given up half of your options.
- And you eschewed the temptation to have a lot of people there and chose to just have your closest friends and to walk into the ocean by yourself.
Examples
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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.
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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.
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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
∞
1.0
To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening
590
1.6
Keep a distance from people or things you want to avoid
384
2.3
Avoid going near people or places for safety
127
2.4
To stay away from a place, person, or thing
87
4.2
Choose not to do something you want to do
56
3.8
To avoid getting involved in an argument or fight
50
3.5
To choose not to take part in something
34
4.0
To stay away from people and things that may cause trouble or harm
32
3.9
To stay away from people or things to avoid close contact
31
1.0
To stay outside a place and not go in
26
4.6
To avoid someone or something and refuse to meet and speak to them on purpose
18
5.0
To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons
15
3.7
To refuse to have anything to do with someone or something
1
6.0
To avoid answering a difficult question by changing the subject
Antonyms
How Avoidant
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word eschew comes from an old French word meaning 'to shun' or 'avoid', and it is like the common English word shun. So, to eschew something is to stay away from it on purpose.