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Definitions for Inhibition

[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.
[8] the act of inhibiting or the condition of being inhibited
[9] psychol a mental state or condition in which the varieties of expression and behaviour of an individual become restricted the weakening of a learned response usually as a result of extinction or because of the presence of a distracting stimulus (in psychoanalytical theory) the unconscious restraining of an impulse See also repression
[10] the process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction
[11] physiol the suppression of the function or action of an organ or part, as by stimulation of its nerve supply
[12] Church of England an episcopal order suspending an incumbent

Words related to Inhibition

shyness, reticence, embargo, bar, barrier, blockage, restraint, interference, prohibition, obstacle, suppression, interdict, check, prevention, reserve, sublimation

Words nearby Inhibition

inheritrix, inhesion, inhibin, inhibit, inhibited, inhibition, inhibitor, inhibitory fiber, inhibitory nerve, inhibitory obsession, inhibitory postsynaptic potential

Origin of Inhibition

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

Other words from Inhibition

in·ter·in·hi·bi·tion , noun

Synonyms for Inhibition

reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, sublimation, suppression, hangup