Again, with that reasoning every programming language is procedural, because they all run on procedural operating sytems. Clojure uses JS and JVM as targets to

Again, with that reasoning every programming language is procedural, because they all run on procedural operating sytems. Clojure uses JS and JVM as targets to gain reach and to reuse existing code, having good interop with them makes it a hosted language but not one that is bound to the programming model of the language it's hosted on. Avoidance means rare usage, and no usage if possible, not circumvention.