'Inhibition' definitions:
Definition of 'inhibition'
(from WordNet)
noun
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires [syn: inhibition, suppression]
noun
The quality of being inhibited
noun
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
noun
The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn: prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance]
Definition of 'Inhibition'
From: GCIDE
- Inhibition \In`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or enzyme, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Chem., Biochem.) The reduction in rate or stopping of a chemical or biochemical reaction, due to interaction with a chemical agent. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'inhibition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- ban,
- bar,
- barrier,
- block,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottling up,
- censorship,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- contraband,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- corking up,
- cramp,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- deceleration,
- defence,
- delay,
- denial,
- detainment,
- detention,
- disallowance,
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- embargo,
- exclusion,
- fixation,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holding,
- holding in,
- holdup,
- impediment,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- interference,
- interruption,
- keeping,
- law,
- legal restraint,
- let,
- locking in,
- maintenance,
- monopoly,
- negativism,
- no-no,
- nuisance value,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- preclusion,
- prehension,
- preservation,
- prevention,
- prohibition,
- Prohibition Party,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscription,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- psychological block,
- rationing,
- refusal,
- rein,
- rejection,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- restriction,
- restrictive covenants,
- retainment,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retention,
- retentiveness,
- retentivity,
- retrenchment,
- ruling out,
- self-consciousness,
- self-control,
- setback,
- slowing down,
- squeeze,
- statute,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- tariff wall,
- tenacity,
- thought control,
- Volstead Act,
- zoning,
- zoning laws