Definitions for inhibition

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inhibition in·hi·bi·tion

Spelling: [in-i-bish-uh n, in-hi-]

IPA: /ˌɪn ɪˈbɪʃ ən, ˌɪn hɪ-/

Inhibition is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in inhibition (bhiiiinnot).

Definitions for inhibition

noun

1. the act of inhibiting.
2. the state of being inhibited.
3. something that inhibits; constraint.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Chemistry. a stoppage or decrease in the rate of action of a chemical reaction.
7. English Ecclesiastical Law. an order, especially from a bishop, suspending a priest or an incumbent from the performance of duties.

Origin of inhibition

1350-1400; Middle English inhibicio(u)n Latin inhibitiōn- (stem of inhibitiō). See inhibit, -ion

Examples for inhibition

Her ADHD subjects were particularly masterful when the talent in question involved a lack of inhibition.

As for the Ambien sex haze, Sara says she missed that window of inhibition.

He pronounced the inhibition lengthily and sonorously, so that the 'not' sounded like 'n-o-o-o-t!'

This professor did not explain what he meant by 'death due to inhibition'?

I think their inhibition comes by means of the late innovation.

We saw that in every act of attention the process of inhibition is essential.

For some, the drug can produce a haze of inhibition, making sex crazier, hotter, and more erotic.

If you can once overcome an inhibition, you have broken its hold.

The professor claims that death is due to a phenomenon of inhibition.

Sudden death, which seems due to a phenomenon of inhibition.