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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•hi•bi•tion /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃən, ˌɪnhɪ-/USA pronunciation n. - the act of inhibiting;
the state of being inhibited:[uncountable]a life of inhibition. - something that inhibits:[countable]a lot of inhibitions about socializing.
See -hab-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•hi•bi•tion (in′i bish′ən, in′hi-),USA pronunciation n. - the act of inhibiting.
- the state of being inhibited.
- something that inhibits;
constraint. - Psychology
- the blocking or holding back of one psychological process by another.
- inappropriate conscious or unconscious restraint or suppression of behavior, as sexual behavior, often due to guilt or fear produced by past punishment, or sometimes considered a dispositional trait.
- Physiology
- a restraining, arresting, or checking of the action of an organ or cell.
- the reduction of a reflex or other activity as the result of an antagonistic stimulation.
- a state created at synapses making them less excitable by other sources of stimulation.
- Chemistrya stoppage or decrease in the rate of action of a chemical reaction.
- Religion[Eng. Eccles. Law.]an order, esp. from a bishop, suspending a priest or an incumbent from the performance of duties.
- Latin inhibitiōn- (stem of inhibitiō). See inhibit, -ion
- Middle English inhibicio(u)n 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inhibition /ˌɪnɪˈbɪʃən ˌɪnhɪ-/ n - the act of inhibiting or the condition of being inhibited
- a mental state or condition in which the varieties of expression and behaviour of an individual become restricted
- the process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction
- the suppression of the function or action of an organ or part, as by stimulation of its nerve supply
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