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disinhibiting

disinhibiting adjective: that removes or suppresses inhibitions, that disinhibits. Also the present participle and gerund of disinhibit.

Adjective

disinhibiting (comparative more disinhibiting, superlative most disinhibiting)

  1. That removes or suppresses inhibitions, that disinhibits.
    • This was presumably the moment when he should be made way for, in the solemn but disinhibiting absence of the women […]2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    • “All digital environments are disinhibiting, but anonymous websites are even more disinhibiting,” said Elizabeth Englander, director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University and a bullying and cyberbullying expert.2014, Rita Giordano, “New app where user is anonymous stirs concern,” Philly.com, 3 March, 2014

Also used as

disinhibiting is also the present participle and gerund of disinhibit.

Forms of disinhibiting

comparativemore disinhibiting
superlativemost disinhibiting

Questions about disinhibiting

What does disinhibiting mean?
Disinhibiting means that removes or suppresses inhibitions, that disinhibits.
What part of speech is disinhibiting?
Disinhibiting is an adjective.

Words near disinhibiting in the dictionary

  1. disinherits
  2. disinhibit
  3. disinhibited
  4. disinhibited attachment disorder
  5. disinhibited social engagement disorder
  6. disinhibiting
  7. disinhibition
  8. disinhibitions
  9. disinhibitor
  10. disinhibitors
  11. disinhibitory

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