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1. (n.) inhibition
the act of inhibiting.
2. inhibition
the state of being inhibited.
3. inhibition
something that inhibits; constraint.
4. inhibition
the conscious or unconscious restraint or suppression of behavior, impulses, etc., often due to guilt or fear produced by past punishment.
5. inhibition
the blocking or holding back of one psychological process by another.
6. inhibition
a restraining, arresting, or checking of the action of an organ or cell.
7. inhibition
the reduction of a reflex or other activity as the result of an antagonistic stimulation.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) inhibition, suppression
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
2. (noun) inhibition
the quality of being inhibited
3. (noun) inhibition
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
"the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
4. (noun) prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
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1. (noun) inhibition
the feeling of being inhibited
All her inhibitions and worries were now gone.
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1. (noun) inhibition
the act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo
2. (noun) inhibition
a stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc
3. (noun) inhibition
a writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal
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Sense: unable to relax and express one's feelings in an open and natural way.
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 Afrikaans: inhibisie |
 Arabic: مَنْع، كَبْت |
 Bulgarian: забраняване |
 Brazilian: inibição |
 Czech: zábrana |
 German: die Hemmung |
 Danish: hæmning; kompleks |
 Greek: αναστολή |
 Spanish: inhibición |
 Estonian: pärssimine |
 Farsi: بازداری؛ کمرویی |
 Finnish: esto |
 French: inhibition |
 Hebrew: מַעֲצוֹר נפשי |
 Hindi: संयम |
 Croatian: spriječenost |
 Hungarian: (szigorú) tilalom; gátlás |
 Indonesian: larangan, halangan |
 Icelandic: bæling |
 Italian: inibizione |
 Japanese: 抑制 |
 Korean: 억제 |
 Lithuanian: varžymas(is), varžtai |
 Latvian: apvaldīšana; kavēšana |
 Malay: kesekatlakuan |
 Dutch: remming |
 Norwegian: hemning |
 Polish: zahamowanie |
 Persian: بازداری؛ کمرویی |
 Pashto: ساتنه |
 Portuguese: inibição |
 Romanian: inhibiţie |
 Russian: сдерживание;подавление |
 Slovak: zábrana |
 Slovenian: zadrževanje |
 Serbian: inhibicija |
 Swedish: hämmande, hämning |
 Thai: การยับยั้ง; การระงับ |
 Turkish: engelleme |
 Taiwanese: 禁止 |
 Ukrainian: стримування, перешкоджанн |
 Urdu: امتناع |
 Vietnamese: sự ngăn chặn |
 Chinese: 禁止 |
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