inhibitiveadj.n.
/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɪv/ That serves or tends to inhibit; inhibitory. Also as n., An inhibition.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [adjective]
bridling1559
barring1567
restraining1597
retracting1661
curbing1720
detaining1822
restrictionary1828
inhibitive1830
checking1861
inhibitory1870
withholding1898
staying1902
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective]
prohibitive?a1425
inhibitory1490
negative1526
prohibitory1564
forbidding1574
inhibiting1607
countermanding1677
inhibitive1830
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective]
hindering1390
catching?a1430
lettingc1430
lumpering1519
thorter1533
impedient1596
thortersome1606
obstructive1611
obstructing1649
impeditive1651
impeding1717
obstruent1749
hindersome1881
obstructionary1881
hindranceful1889
inhibitive1899
counterproductive1959
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to that which affects reaction > that inhibits
inhibitive1902
inhibitory1902
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xvi. sig. D4v The Lords lawes are either imperatiues of good or inhibitiues of ill.
1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai ii. 544 The will inhibitive so late promulged.
1899 W. James Talks to Teachers xv. 181 A familiar example of the paralyzing power of scruples is the inhibitive effect of conscientiousness upon conversation.
1902 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 24 299 An ‘inhibitive agent’ is then a substance producing an ‘inhibition’, or having an ‘inhibitive effect’.
1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? xxiii. 207 He [sc. Pavlov] thought he had discovered that reflexes have negative phases as well as positive ones, and can be classed as Excitatory or Inhibitive.
1952 R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. IX. 4 Colloids apparently owe their inhibitive action to their colloidal nature.
1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex i. 10 The emphasis on morality has so often gone with a cold and inhibitive attitude.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 22 Permission was given to live at home provided the distance wasn't inhibitive.
1971 Mod. Law Rev. 34 vi. 655 The principal purpose of the Act is inhibitive.
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