inhibition

Other forms of inhibition

plural

inhibitions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inhibition

What does inhibition mean?

inhibition means "(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inhibition?

inhibition has 4 syllables: in-hi-bit-ion. The stress falls on "bit". In IPA it is /ˌɪnhəˈbɪʃən/.

What is another word for inhibition?

Close synonyms include suppression, prohibition, forbiddance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inhibition a common word?

inhibition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inhibition?

3 words rhyme with inhibition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.