inhibition

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They're all just lacking empathy, common sense, and inhibition on Twitter.

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Quick take

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of inhibition gathered in one view.

noun

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

noun

the quality of being inhibited

noun

(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for inhibition.

noun

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

noun

the quality of being inhibited

noun

(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"

noun

the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"

Example sentences

They're all just lacking empathy, common sense, and inhibition on Twitter.

In other cases their social naivetZ and lack of inhibition can lead them to tell tales or to say things that might hurt or embarrass other people.

Some of them are polar opposites, some modulate the release/inhibition of others.

It's the result of a combination of depression and lack of inhibition, due to anything ranging from psychosis to extreme anxiety or stress.

To the extent programmers manage to understand irrationality at all, we have an almost moral inhibition against exploiting it.

Since the problem with electronic devices seems to be blue light, changing the hue of the screen to a more reddish tone seems to prevent the serotonin production inhibition associated with blue light.

There is a pubmed abstract and full text available for "Hypersensitivity to contact inhibition provides a clue to cancer resistance of naked mole-rat.

Participants with depleted 5-HT levels rejected a greater proportion of unfair offers, but not fair offers, without showing changes in mood, fairness judgment, basic reward processing, or response inhibition.

People with low intelligence or impulse inhibition tend to end up in prison, but are they effective criminals?This is an exciting first step - by gathering quantitative data about the roles that the candidates go into, and how they perform, you could build the model you need.