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shunning

NOUN

avoidance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evasion prevention restraint

STRONG

circumvention delay departure dodge dodging elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shirking

WEAK

absention eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of

Antonyms

STRONG

advance arrival coming continuation stay

WEAK

meeting

NOUN

escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

breakout departure desertion disappearance flight freedom liberation outbreak rescue withdrawal

STRONG

AWOL abdication avoidance beat bolt break bypassing circumvention decampment deliverance dodging ducking elopement elusion elusiveness evasion evasiveness extrication fadeout hegira lam leave out powder release retreat sidestepping spring

WEAK

eschewal runaround

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrival coming entrance stay staying

STRONG

directness meeting

WEAK

capture maintenance

NOUN

evasion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dodging

STRONG

artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

WEAK

come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

Antonyms

STRONG

directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

WEAK

facing meeting

NOUN

ostracism

Synonyms

STRONG

avoidance boycott exclusion excommunication exile expulsion isolation rejection

WEAK

blackballing cold-shouldering

Antonyms

STRONG

acceptance allowance

NOUN

runaround

Synonyms

WEAK

come-off delay detour difficulty diversion elusion escape escaping eschewal evasion inertia postponement roundabout

Antonyms

WEAK

challenge facing meeting

Example Sentences

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It isn’t that he’s shunning artificial intelligence—he is learning Spanish with the help of Anthropic’s Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

And Sass isn’t even completely shunning the Magnificent Seven.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

We look at where the managers are most “overweight,” meaning the assets on which they are placing their biggest bets, and most “underweight,” meaning the assets they are shunning.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Cass’s proposal for social shunning of people who take jobs in the financial sector is gross.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

I thought about shunning her for temporarily forgetting about me, but what good would that do?

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

shunning

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