inhibition

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Etymology

From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio.

Morphologically inhibit +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

Noun

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

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

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Finnish

Noun

inhibition

  1. genitive singular of inhibitio

French

Etymology

From Latin inhibitiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

inhibition f (plural inhibitions)

  1. inhibition

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