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Added 9 October 2026

inhibition

/ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/ noun

Latin root: inhibitio Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about inhibition at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of inhibiting.
A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.

Origin

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

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