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inhibition
noun as in restriction, hindrance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
- hangup
Example Sentences
Launched in 1988, Whale's live, often chaotic programme was like a daytime TV format gone rogue: one which had lost its inhibitions and any qualms about upholding the usual standards of taste and decency.
The horrendous bloodletting of World War I bloodletting removed all inhibitions against a total, violent resolution of social conflict.
Will people have fewer conditioned hallucinations when the visual cue is red and will the corresponding brain activity changes be more concentrated in areas linked more with inhibition or with sound perception?
That competitive drive overcame any potential inhibitions he might have felt about performing while "wearing sparkles or Cuban heels".
He told The Times that his career in the editorial world encouraged him to move past certain creative inhibitions, which would later serve him in filmmaking, specifically for “Bonnie and Clyde.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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