avoidant personality disorder; AvPD; anxious personality disorder
A clinical diagnosis characterized by social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. The term 回避性パーソナリティ障害 is the standard Japanese translation used in psychiatric contexts.
Patients with avoidant personality disorder have an extreme fear of being criticized.
He was diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder.
Compound of 回避 (avoidance) + 性 (-ity, nature) + パーソナリティ (personality) + 障害 (disorder). A direct translation of the English clinical term 'avoidant personality disorder'.