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disinhibition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
dis-in-hi-bi-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lack or loss of inhibition.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English inhibition English disinhibition From dis- + inhibition.

Usage

Inflected Forms

disinhibitions (plural)

Derived Forms

cyberdisinhibition

Frequently Paired Words

disinhibit

Questions

What does disinhibition mean?
A lack or loss of inhibition.
Where does disinhibition come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English inhibition English disinhibition From dis- + inhibition.

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