disinhibition
Americannoun
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Psychology. a temporary loss of inhibition caused by an outside stimulus.
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Chemistry. removal of an inhibitor.
noun
Etymology
Origin of disinhibition
First recorded in 1925–30; dis- 1 + inhibition
Example Sentences
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Perhaps his apparent health problems are causing disinhibition.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2025
That’s a checklist focusing on the effects of disinhibition and meanness developed by the Canadian psychologist Robert Hare and immortalized in the 2011 book The Psychopath Test, by Jon Ronson.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
“Depending on a person’s mental health concerns, artificially increasing their disinhibition in a group setting might not necessarily be a good thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
“There’s just so much online aggression — aggression because of online disinhibition and the ways that we forget there’s another human being on the other end of the screen.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
She said: "You have the anonymity and you have the disinhibition effect. This platform provides you with the playground to do anything you want."
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022
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