inhibitionin‧hi‧bi‧tion /ˌɪnhəˈbɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun 
She had no inhibitions about saying what she felt. People tend to lose their inhibitions when they’ve drunk a lot of alcohol.2[uncountable] technical when something is restricted or prevented from happening or developing: a marked inhibition of cell growth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Alcohol can make you lose all your inhibitions - but you may regret this the next morning!
- I was amazed at Sam's lack of inhibition about singing in public.
Longman Language Activatorshy feelings or behaviour
· A course in assertiveness could help her overcome her shyness.· Greg wanted to ask Julie for a date, but shyness always held him back.
an uncomfortable feeling of shyness that makes it difficult for you to behave naturally, show your feelings, or do things that may be embarrassing: · I was amazed at Sam's lack of inhibition about singing in public.lose your inhibitions (=stop having inhibitions): · Alcohol can make you lose all your inhibitions - but you may regret this the next morning!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY People tend to lose their inhibitions when they’ve drunk a lot of alcohol.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Cast aside your fears.
People tend to lose their inhibitions when they’ve drunk a lot of alcohol. Cast aside your fears. (=stop worrying about what other people will think of your behaviour)· As the party went on, people began to shed their inhibitions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Clearly, this aspect of our account of habituation is not enough in itself to explain the latent inhibition effect.· When tested after 21 days, however, the latent inhibition effect produced by pre-exposure to saccharin has disappeared.· But the latent inhibition effect did not generalize.
VERB· Indomethacin caused significant inhibition of pancreatic formation of prostaglandin E2, 6k prostaglandin F1a and thromboxane B2.· But the learning disabilities and sensory-motor integration weaknesses do not cause the work inhibition.· And yet-and this was an increasing pain-the loneliness caused by this inhibition was getting daily harder to bear.· Neurological weaknesses do not cause work inhibition.· In this model the termination of the depolarization is caused by network-generated reciprocal inhibition.
· But, although Ashley stood still and wary, her son showed no inhibitions.· Various animal studies have shown inhibition of pancreatic enzyme secretion by pancreatic proteases in the duodenum.· Whatever the style, congregations show few inhibitions in facial expression and in their use of the body to express devotion.
WORD FAMILYnouninhibitionadjectiveinhibitedverbinhibit
1[countable, uncountable] a feeling of shyness or embarrassment that stops you doing or saying what you really want: She had no inhibitions about saying what she felt. People tend to lose their inhibitions when they’ve drunk a lot of alcohol.2[uncountable] technical when something is restricted or prevented from happening or developing: a marked inhibition of cell growth