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noun
- Psychology. a temporary loss of inhibition caused by an outside stimulus.
- Chemistry. removal of an inhibitor.
noun
- psychol a temporary loss of inhibition, caused by an outside stimulus such as alcohol or a drug
1927; see dis- + inhibition. From the start it was noted as being, often, “inhibition of an inhibition.”
n.
- A loss of inhibition, as through the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- A temporary loss of an inhibition caused by an unrelated stimulus, such as a loud noise.