disinhibition

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ inhibition

Noun

disinhibition (countable and uncountable, plural disinhibitions)

1. A lack or loss of inhibition.
   • 2007 December 12, Elizabeth Hampson, Connie L. Ellis, Christine M. Tenk, “On the Relation Between 2D:4D and Sex-Dimorphic Personality Traits”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI:

     Consistent with this hypothesis, females from opposite-sex twin pairs showed significant increases over females from same-sex twin pairs in the total sensation-seeking, disinhibition, and experience-seeking scales of the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS).

Related terms

• disinhibit

Translations

Translations

• French: désinhibition (fr) f