avoidant personality
Clinical term for a personality type characterized by social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. Often used in the compound 回避性人格障害 (avoidant personality disorder).
People with an avoidant personality tend to avoid new relationships for fear of criticism.
He was diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder.
The full clinical term for avoidant personality disorder; 回避性人格 is the personality trait itself, often used as a shorthand in context.
avoidant personality disorder
Compound of 回避 (avoidance), 性 (nature/trait), and 人格 (personality). A direct translation of the English clinical term 'avoidant personality'.