Eschew
verb
To avoid doing or using something on purpose.
In order to stay healthy, he eschews alcohol and fast food.
Often appears as...
- eschew violence
- eschew tradition
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Formal
verb
To choose not to do something as a form of protest or expression.
They eschew the use of fur in their fashion designs as a protest against animal cruelty.
Often appears as...
- eschew material goods
- eschew mainstream media
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To avoid doing or using something on purpose.
In order to stay healthy, he eschews alcohol and fast food.
Often appears as...
- eschew violence
- eschew tradition
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To choose not to do something as a form of protest or expression.
They eschew the use of fur in their fashion designs as a protest against animal cruelty.
Often appears as...
- eschew material goods
- eschew mainstream media
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Avoidance
Eschew implies a deliberate choice to stay away from something.
She eschews social media to have more privacy.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Conviction
The decision to eschew often comes from personal beliefs or values.
He eschews cars, preferring to cycle everywhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Dislike
Eschew is stronger than not liking something; it's actively avoiding it.
Although he dislikes sweets, he specifically eschews artificial flavors.
Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Avoidance
Eschew implies a deliberate choice to stay away from something.
She eschews social media to have more privacy.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Conviction
The decision to eschew often comes from personal beliefs or values.
He eschews cars, preferring to cycle everywhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Dislike
Eschew is stronger than not liking something; it's actively avoiding it.
Although he dislikes sweets, he specifically eschews artificial flavors.
Pro Tip 1/3Intentional Avoidance
Eschew implies a deliberate choice to stay away from something.
She eschews social media to have more privacy.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Conviction
The decision to eschew often comes from personal beliefs or values.
He eschews cars, preferring to cycle everywhere.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Dislike
Eschew is stronger than not liking something; it's actively avoiding it.
Although he dislikes sweets, he specifically eschews artificial flavors.
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
even though he eschewed the importance of climate on the evolution of pigmentation during his own life. I think, were he able to look at the evidence we have today, he would understand it. He would appreciate it.
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Breaking the illusion of...
would have appreciated this even though he eschewed the importance of climate on the evolution of pigmentation during his own life I think were he able to look at the evidence we have today he would
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Man Carves Churches into...
flying eagle a question darkly well I must eschew not metallurgy good how would you like to grow a veggie given is that it's an impossible task that's what just appeared in my hand
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
even though he eschewed the importance of climate on the evolution of pigmentation during his own life. I think, were he able to look at the evidence we have today, he would understand it. He would appreciate it.
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Breaking the illusion of...
would have appreciated this even though he eschewed the importance of climate on the evolution of pigmentation during his own life I think were he able to look at the evidence we have today he would
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Man Carves Churches into...
flying eagle a question darkly well I must eschew not metallurgy good how would you like to grow a veggie given is that it's an impossible task that's what just appeared in my hand
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Quote examples
Sloane Crosley
American Writer
Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.
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Robert M. Parker, Jr.
American Critic
Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of the workplace, but one of the continuing frustrations for women is the lack of respect they get for taking on the responsibility for domestic life, whether they're also working outside the home or not.
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Aimee Bender
American Novelist
I don't eschew autobiographical writing, but I'm not interested in mine to be so straightforward. The things that tend to move me the most are often those that I have to figure out its meaning for myself. The human being's ability to make a metaphor to describe a human experience is just really cool.
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Annette Bening
American Actress
It used to be the one or the other, right? You were the 'bad girl' or the 'good girl' or the 'bad mother' or 'the good mother,' 'the horrible businesswoman who eschewed her children' or 'the earth mother who was happy to be at home baking pies,' all of that stuff that we sort of knew was a lie.
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Eddie Vedder
American Musician
The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
I don't think I've ever really been a science fiction writer. I'm closer to a fantasist, speculative fiction, whatever, but labels are ultimately derogatory, and I eschew them as best I can.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
If we turn our back on the world's most vulnerable people, we're eschewing the values our country was founded on.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat.
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Sloane Crosley
American Writer
Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.
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Robert M. Parker, Jr.
American Critic
Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Choosing to mother your kids full-time may seem to some the easy choice, eschewing as it does the stresses and strains of the workplace, but one of the continuing frustrations for women is the lack of respect they get for taking on the responsibility for domestic life, whether they're also working outside the home or not.
Quote examples
Aimee Bender
American Novelist
I don't eschew autobiographical writing, but I'm not interested in mine to be so straightforward. The things that tend to move me the most are often those that I have to figure out its meaning for myself. The human being's ability to make a metaphor to describe a human experience is just really cool.
Quote examples
Annette Bening
American Actress
It used to be the one or the other, right? You were the 'bad girl' or the 'good girl' or the 'bad mother' or 'the good mother,' 'the horrible businesswoman who eschewed her children' or 'the earth mother who was happy to be at home baking pies,' all of that stuff that we sort of knew was a lie.
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Eddie Vedder
American Musician
The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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Harlan Ellison
American Writer
I don't think I've ever really been a science fiction writer. I'm closer to a fantasist, speculative fiction, whatever, but labels are ultimately derogatory, and I eschew them as best I can.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
I have a holistic need to work and to have huge ties of love in my life. I can't imagine eschewing one for the other.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
If we turn our back on the world's most vulnerable people, we're eschewing the values our country was founded on.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat.
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