"inhibition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/, /ɪnɪˈbɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inhibition.wav 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 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 'Act of inhibiting': 90 1 2 2 5
  2. (psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-yxpwqbAx Categories (other): Psychology Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. (chemistry, biochemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a reaction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction): инхибиране (inhibirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), esto (Finnish), pidäke (Finnish), este (Finnish), inhibition (French), αναστολή (anastolí) [feminine] (Greek), inhibisi (Indonesian), penghambatan (Indonesian), inibizione (Italian), inibição (Portuguese), inhibición (Spanish), sansala (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-ccOjDE~F Categories (other): Biochemistry, Chemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction': 3 5 89 2 1
  4. (law) A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-NZR-Vo1U Categories (other): Law Topics: law
  5. (Philippines, law) A recusal. Tags: Philippines, countable, uncountable 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)
    Sense id: en-inhibition-en-noun-T9M7o42c Categories (other): Philippine English, Law, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Human behaviour Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 24 9 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 11 9 13 14 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 10 19 10 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 7 16 11 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 18 7 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 8 11 10 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 7 9 13 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 9 13 9 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 6 10 10 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 9 11 9 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 8 12 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 9 11 9 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 11 26 10 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 10 15 10 9 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 6 8 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 8 12 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 10 12 10 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 14 9 12 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 9 11 9 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 10 15 10 9 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 7 13 7 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 7 9 11 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 10 8 10 12 60 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 3 13 13 8 62 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'State of being inhibited': 12 16 19 8 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inhibit

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
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      "sense": "Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction",
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