"inhibition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/, /ɪnɪˈbɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inhibition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: inhibitions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio. Morphologically inhibit + -ion. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|inhibicioun}} Middle English inhibicioun, {{der|en|fro|inibicion}} Old French inibicion, {{der|en|la|inhibitio}} Latin inhibitio, {{suffix|en|inhibit|ion}} inhibit + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)
  1. The act of inhibiting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives, Human behaviour Translations (Act of inhibiting): спиране (spirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), задържане (zadǎržane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), inhibició [feminine] (Catalan), remming [feminine] (Dutch), inhibicio (Esperanto), estäminen (Finnish), inhibition [feminine] (French), Unterdrückung [feminine] (German), αναχαίτιση (anachaítisi) [feminine] (Greek), παρεμπόδιση (parempódisi) [feminine] (Greek), αναστολή (anastolí) [feminine] (Greek), urchoilleadh [masculine] (Irish), inhibare [feminine] (Romanian), inhibiție [feminine] (Romanian), zábrana [feminine] (Slovak), inhibición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-AQEOTg7A Disambiguation of Directives: 25 7 18 20 30 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 19 20 24 10 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 7 17 6 39 Disambiguation of 'Act of inhibiting': 90 1 2 1 6
  2. (psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-yxpwqbAx Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 19 20 24 10 27 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. (chemistry, biochemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a reaction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Chemistry, Directives, Human behaviour Translations (Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction): инхибиране (inhibirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), esto (Finnish), pidäke (Finnish), este (Finnish), inhibition (French), αναστολή (anastolí) [feminine] (Greek), inibizione (Italian), inibição (Portuguese), inhibición (Spanish), sansala (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-ccOjDE~F Disambiguation of Directives: 25 7 18 20 30 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 19 20 24 10 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 7 17 6 39 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction': 12 6 62 4 16
  4. (law) A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Directives
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-NZR-Vo1U Disambiguation of Directives: 25 7 18 20 30 Topics: law
  5. (Philippines, law) A recusal. Tags: Philippines, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Directives, Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-T9M7o42c Disambiguation of Directives: 25 7 18 20 30 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 19 20 24 10 27 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 7 17 6 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 7 19 6 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 26 8 21 9 36 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inhibit Translations (State of being inhibited): inhibició [feminine] (Catalan), pidättyneisyys (Finnish), estyneisyys (Finnish), estoisuus (Finnish), inhibition [feminine] (French), Hemmung [feminine] (German), αναστολή (anastolí) [feminine] (Greek), urchoilleadh [masculine] (Irish), zahamowanie [neuter] (Polish), inhibiție [feminine] (Romanian), inhibición [feminine] (Spanish), hämning [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "feminine"
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    "inhibition"
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}
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      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "inhibició"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "inhibicio"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "word": "estäminen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inhibition"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterdrückung"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anachaítisi",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναχαίτιση"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parempódisi",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρεμπόδιση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anastolí",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναστολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inhibare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inhibiție"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zábrana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Act of inhibiting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inhibición"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inhibició"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "word": "pidättyneisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "word": "estyneisyys"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "word": "estoisuus"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Hemmung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "urchoilleadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zahamowanie"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "State of being inhibited",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "hämning"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inhibirane",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "инхибиране"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "word": "esto"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "word": "pidäke"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "word": "inhibition"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anastolí",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναστολή"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "word": "inibição"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "word": "inhibición"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
      "word": "sansala"
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  ],
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    "inhibition"
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}

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