AWL Sublist 6 · Academic Word

inhibition

/ˌɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/ Syllables: in·hi·bi·tion

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Arabic Translation & Context

Synonyms & Antonyms

Restraint that slows or prevents an action, process, or response.

Synonyms

restraint suppression curb

Antonyms

facilitation promotion

Translations

inhibition in Arabic

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Arabic Meaning

كبح، تثبيط

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Easy Explanation (Arabic)

شعور يجعلك تخجل أو تتردد في التعبير عن نفسك أو القيام بشيء بشكل طبيعي.

Easy Explanation

Inhibition is restraint that blocks or slows a process. Psychology courses discuss social inhibition during public speaking assessments.

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Memory TipInhibit plus -ion — a blocking force on action or growth.

Contextual Examples

The experiment measured inhibition of enzyme activity under varying temperature conditions in the laboratory.

Developmental psychologists study behavioural inhibition as a predictor of anxiety in longitudinal cohorts.

Network inhibition mechanisms prevent runaway activation in computational models of neural processing.

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