INHIBITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
   Synonym(s)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
   • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
   • he ignored his parents” forbiddance
   Hypernyms(s) inhibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • action (what does action mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • prohibit (what does prohibit mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • proscribe (what does proscribe mean?)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • disallow (what does disallow mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • prohibit (what does prohibit mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • proscribe (what does proscribe mean?)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • disallow (what does disallow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
   Synonym(s)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inhibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abstinence (what does abstinence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • repress (what does repress mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the quality of being inhibited
   Hypernyms(s) inhibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restraint (what does restraint mean?)
   • control (what does control mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • taboo (what does taboo mean?)
   • tabu (what does tabu mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
   Usage Example(s)
   • the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve
   Hypernyms(s) inhibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic process (what does organic process mean?)
   • biological process (what does biological process mean?)