inhibition

English

Etymology

From Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio.

Noun

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

The act of inhibiting.
(psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
(chemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction.
(law) A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
(Philippines, law) A recusal.

Translations

Act of inhibiting

Bulgarian: спиране (bg) n (spirane), задържане n (zadǎržane)
Catalan: inhibició f
Dutch: remming (nl) f
Finnish: estäminen (fi)
French: inhibition (fr) f
German: Unterdrückung (de) f

Greek: αναχαίτιση (el) f (anachaítisi), παρεμπόδιση (el) f (parempódisi), αναστολή (el) f (anastolí)
Irish: urchoilleadh m
Romanian: inhibare (ro) f, inhibiție (ro) f
Slovak: zábrana f
Spanish: inhibición (es) f

State of being inhibited

Catalan: inhibició f
Finnish: pidättyneisyys, estyneisyys, estoisuus (fi)
French: inhibition (fr) f
German: Hemmung (de) f
Greek: αναστολή (el) f (anastolí)

Irish: urchoilleadh m
Polish: zahamowanie (pl) n
Romanian: inhibiție (ro) f
Spanish: inhibición (es) f
Swedish: hämning (sv) c

Stopping or retarding a chemical reaction

Bulgarian: инхибиране (bg) n (inhibirane)
Finnish: esto (fi), pidäke (fi), este (fi)
French: inhibition (fr)
Greek: αναστολή (el) f (anastolí)
Italian: inibizione (it)

Portuguese: inibição (pt)
Spanish: inhibición (es)
Tagalog: sansala

See also

inhibit

Finnish

Noun

inhibition

Genitive singular form of inhibitio.

French

Etymology

From Latin inhibitiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

inhibition f (plural inhibitions)

inhibition

Related terms

inhiber

Further reading

“inhibition” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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