What is another word for inhibition?
560 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnhɪbˈɪʃən], [ ɪnhɪbˈɪʃən], [ ɪ_n_h_ɪ_b_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
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Similar words for inhibition:
- act (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- check (noun)
- constraint (noun)
- disallowance (noun)
- dissuasion (noun)
- embarrassment (noun)
- forbiddance (noun)
- hang-up (noun)
- hindrance (noun)
- humbleness (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- inhibition (noun)
- interdiction (noun)
- limitation (noun)
- modesty (noun)
- neurosis (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- prohibition (noun)
- repression (noun)
- reserve (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- restriction (noun)
- taboo (noun)
- taciturnity (noun)
- uncommunicativeness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Inhibition:
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- shame,
- ignominy,
- discomfort,
- guilt.
- stay,
- cessation,
- halt,
- hindrance,
- stalling,
- interruption,
- delay,
- obstruction,
- Checking,
- suspension,
- end,
- Restraining,
- stoppage,
- Staying.
- rebuff,
- blow,
- disappointment,
- frustration,
- holdup,
- grunt,
- control,
- harness,
- reverse,
- reversal,
- damper,
- setback,
- rejection,
- trouble.
- intimidation,
- dissuasion,
- aversion,
- restraint,
- banishment,
- disinclination,
- diversion,
- deflection,
- admonishment,
- prevention,
- disheartenment,
- discouragement,
- derailment.
- stew,
- predicament,
- mess,
- confusion,
- pickle,
- snag,
- poverty,
- hot water,
- hitch,
- strait,
- difficulty,
- tangle,
- hot seat,
- indebtedness,
- mistake,
- distress,
- plight,
- scrape,
- quandary,
- pinch,
- puzzle,
- indiscretion,
- clumsiness,
- fix,
- destitution,
- complexity,
- awkwardness,
- uneasiness,
- bind,
- unease,
- boo boo,
- discomposure,
- dilemma.
- mire,
- entrapment,
- deterrent,
- bottleneck,
- drag,
- jam,
- entanglement,
- constipation,
- complication,
- obstacle,
- bung,
- plug,
- congestion,
- crimp,
- disadvantage,
- choke,
- encumbrance,
- impedance,
- hurdle,
- drawback,
- handicap,
- dam,
- blockade,
- clog,
- brake,
- blockage,
- bafflement,
- snarl,
- barrier,
- restriction,
- stop,
- catch,
- burden.
- red tape,
- manacle,
- detriment,
- flaw,
- shackle,
- load,
- hazard,
- fault,
- chain,
- tie,
- barricade,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- wall,
- catch-22,
- defect.
- Lowliness,
- propriety,
- purity,
- simplicity,
- virtue,
- coyness,
- humbleness,
- unostentatiousness,
- chastity,
- unpretentiousness,
- prudery,
- decency,
- innocence,
- lack of pretension,
- meekness,
- demureness,
- delicacy,
- quietness,
- Pruderies,
- self-effacement,
- unobtrusiveness,
- celibacy,
- discreetness.
- madness,
- insanity,
- abnormality,
- phobia,
- affliction,
- hysteria,
- instability,
- breakdown,
- aberration,
- mental illness,
- deviation,
- derangement,
- compulsion.
- defiance,
- contradiction,
- antagonism,
- fight,
- counterattack,
- protest,
- obstinacy,
- repulsion,
- objection,
- disagreement,
- counteraction,
- friction,
- conflict,
- adversary,
- confrontation,
- resistance,
- challenge,
- opposition,
- dispute.
- no-no's,
- social convention,
- shyness,
- faux pas,
- don'ts,
- arrest,
- thou-shalt-not,
- religious convention,
- stallings,
- timidity,
- grain of salt,
- modesty,
- containments,
- restrainer,
- taboo,
- don't,
- psychopathy,
- hang-up,
- psychological disorder,
- DONT,
- personality disorder,
- crackups,
- crack-up,
- Retardment,
- reserve,
- interdiction,
- social conventions,
- Disallowance,
- taciturnity,
- Personality Disorders,
- self-efface,
- impediment,
- road block,
- retardation,
- prohibitions,
- constraint,
- awkward situation,
- excess baggage,
- Impecuniosity,
- checkings,
- maladjustments,
- proscription,
- dead weight,
- inhibition,
- small difficulty,
- neurosis,
- neurasthenia,
- embarrassment,
- crackup,
- disconcertion,
- millstone,
- restrainers,
- crack-ups,
- self-consciousness,
- check,
- egg on face,
- containment,
- restrictions,
- uncommunicativeness,
- maladjustment,
- limitation,
- no-no.
- un-responsiveness,
- self restraint,
- re-serves,
- un-responsivenesses,
- selfrestraint,
- un responsivenesses,
- re serve,
- re serves,
- re-serve,
- un responsiveness.
- excess baggages,
- no no's,
- grain salt,
- nono's,
- re-strictions,
- ball chain,
- re strictions,
- re striction,
- no nos,
- small difficulties,
- re-striction,
- nono.
Other synonyms:
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- circumscription,
- cringe,
- paralysis,
- curb,
- stigma.
- Retroaction,
- inhibitory,
- monopoly,
- dispirited,
- restraint of trade,
- Interclusion,
- confine,
- stranglehold,
- curbing,
- crestfallen,
- dictate,
- frustrating,
- deceleration,
- closure,
- maim,
- compel,
- abortion,
- fixation,
- debarment,
- disallow,
- sorrowful,
- crushing,
- preventative,
- outlaw,
- interrupt,
- Retainment,
- forbidden fruit,
- govern,
- retentivity,
- recoil,
- keeping,
- enjoin,
- hold up,
- forlorn,
- holding,
- occlusion,
- exclusion,
- collision,
- polarity,
- counteract,
- baulk,
- Prohibiting,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- morose,
- Deterring,
- thought control,
- cooling off,
- closing up,
- exclude,
- downcast,
- maintenance,
- locking in,
- reaction,
- interception,
- depressed,
- contraband,
- veto,
- keep back,
- Impedition,
- continence,
- Preventing,
- cut back,
- Squelching,
- despondent,
- retrenchment,
- self-control,
- forestalling,
- defence,
- forbid,
- protection,
- preventive,
- censorship,
- neutralization,
- stifling,
- Interdicting,
- cooling down,
- Intercepting,
- Holdback,
- enjoining,
- arresting,
- infarct,
- Debarring,
- miserable,
- inhibit,
- foiling,
- inhibiting,
- discourage,
- disable,
- deter,
- Arrestment,
- withhold,
- controlling,
- obviation,
- keep from,
- Proscribing,
- sad,
- constrain,
- Defence Mechanism,
- dam up,
- contrariety,
- obstruct,
- hindering,
- banning,
- impede,
- blue,
- Hinderance,
- slowing,
- oppression,
- Retarding,
- rationing,
- rein,
- disappoint,
- suppress,
- quench,
- stopping,
- low,
- estoppel,
- Oppilation,
- hollow,
- hold back,
- Obstructing,
- retentiveness,
- flat,
- thwarting,
- statute,
- obstructionism,
- dejected,
- fending off,
- repress,
- cooling,
- prohibit,
- Cohibition,
- quelling,
- restrain,
- scurvy,
- foot-dragging,
- sumptuary laws,
- detain,
- forbidding,
- Arrestation,
- preservation,
- embolism,
- aborting,
- Tabooing,
- tenacity,
- small,
- Renitency,
- tabu,
- enjoin from,
- Delaying,
- clashing,
- bottling up,
- Avoiding,
- ruling out,
- administer,
- concave,
- coarctation,
- protectionism,
- mitigation,
- Mitigating,
- contain,
- blocking,
- balk,
- vis inertiae,
- protective tariff,
- compensation,
- halting,
- frustrate,
- staving off,
- nuisance value,
- embolus,
- balking,
- gloomy,
- counterblast,
- retention,
- impeding,
- index,
- dampen,
- PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION,
- barring,
- depressing,
- squeeze,
- avoidance,
- holding in,
- prehension,
- cork up,
- corking up,
- psychological block,
- Index Expurgatorius,
- Clogging,
- set back,
- Hampering,
- warding off,
- negativism,
- zoning,
- quirk,
- anticipation,
- unhappy,
- let,
- baulking,
- forbidden,
- law,
- coerce,
- deterrence.
How to use "Inhibition" in context?
Inhibition is a cognitive phenomenon that affects an individual's ability to think, feel and act.[1] It is the inability to perform an activity or to think of or produce an idea. It can be caused by physical or psychological barriers. It can also be a condition where the individual experiences difficulty in making new memories, or in thinking abstractly. Inhibition is also important in social interaction, as it is the process whereby we filter out inappropriate thoughts and behaviors. It can be understood as an effort to conserve energy.
One of the most common forms of inhibition is called suppression. It is the forbidding of an impulse or thought.
Paraphrases for Inhibition:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
restraint.
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
cancellation, suppression.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
inhibiting, inhibitory.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Inhibition:
n.
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act
abstinence.
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process
organic process, biological process.
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act
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