The phrase "avoid being characterized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the desire to prevent oneself from being labeled or defined in a certain way by others.
Example: "In her speech, she emphasized the importance of authenticity and urged the audience to avoid being characterized by societal expectations."
Alternatives: "steer clear of being labeled" or "prevent being defined".
"The students in Beijing back then were seeking political reform, not trying to be avoid being characterized as 'rebels.' Asking to rehabilitate the students is just acknowledging the Chinese Communist Party's legitimacy".
What's more, in order to avoid being characterized as "anti-business," the Obama administration has refused to mete out serious punishment for outright financial fraud.
They join a small but growing group of women, currently best symbolized by "Full Frontal's" Samantha Bee, who increasingly reject the time-honored dictate that women must swallow their rage or cloak it in self-deprecating humor and/or apology to avoid being characterized as hysterical or crazy.
They join a small but growing group of women, currently best symbolized by "Full Frontal's" Samantha Bee, who increasingly reject the time-honored dictate that women must swallow their rage or cloak it in self-deprecating humor and/or apology to avoid being characterized as hysterical or crazy.
Freezing is a defensive response characterized by complete immobility, allowing prey to avoid being detected while remaining attentive to changes in the environment36,45.
This is currently being characterized.
The avoidance-centered style is characterized by a tendency to avoid thinking, experiencing, or living through a threatening situation.
(2) "Repressors" (tolerance for uncertainty but intolerance for arousal) are characterized by avoiding such threatening cues.
In December, AWEA proposed extending the credit in 2013 and then phasing out the credit over five years, a position designed to avoid the boom-bust cycle that's characterized the U.S. wind industry.
All subjects' distribution at baseline was used rather than by treatment group to avoid bias, given the pregabalin cohort was characterized by greater pain severity at baseline.
During this period we took extraordinary steps to avoid letting our legitimate concern about Russian interference be characterized as partisan.
