inhibition
The act of inhibitingThe act of inhibiting.
» She's prepared to argue without inhibition.
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of inhibiting.
Unterdrückung
сдерживаниеsderživanije, ингибированиеingibirovanije, торможениеtormoženije
(countable, uncountable)A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
(countable, uncountable)The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
(countable, uncountable)A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
(Philippines, countable, uncountable)A recusal.
Hemmung
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- the quality of being inhibited
- (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Examples
11 sentencesShe's prepared to argue without inhibition.
Tom is truly free from inhibition.
The music will help you lose your inhibitions.
ruМузыка поможет тебе преодолеть свою скованность. — Selena777
He made her drink to lower her inhibitions.
She dropped all inhibitions.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitFrom Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio.
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Forms
plural: inhibitions| Singular | inhibition |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires:suppression
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof):prohibitionforbiddance
Word family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.