English Explanatory Dictionary

inhibition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of inhibiting.
  2. A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
  3. The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
  4. A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
  5. A recusal.

Pronunciation

/ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/ /ɪnɪˈbɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inhibition.wav

Word forms

inhibition inhibitions

Etymology

From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio. Morphologically inhibit + -ion.

Related words

inhibit

Derived words

angioinhibition autoinhibition baroinhibition cardioinhibition chemoinhibition coinhibition contact inhibition counterinhibition cross-inhibition disinhibition hyperinhibition immunoinhibition mitoinhibition mixed inhibition noninhibition osteoinhibition overinhibition phosphoinhibition photoinhibition response inhibition retroinhibition sympathoinhibition thermoinhibition tissue thromboplastin inhibition time topoinhibition transinhibition transmarginal inhibition uninhibition
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