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List of meaning for inhibition

a personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one from behaving naturally

inhibition, suppression(noun)

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

inhibition(noun)

the quality of being inhibited

inhibition(noun)

(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"

prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance(noun)

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"

the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others

an innate inhibition made it difficult for him to tell his girlfriend what he was really feeling

something that makes movement or progress difficult

without the inhibition of their jackets, the boys were able to wrestle more vigorously

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