noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cast aside your inhibitions/doubts etc
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Cast aside your fears.
shed your inhibitions (= stop worrying about what other people will think of your behaviour )
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As the party went on, people began to shed their inhibitions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
effect
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Clearly, this aspect of our account of habituation is not enough in itself to explain the latent inhibition effect .
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When tested after 21 days, however, the latent inhibition effect produced by pre-exposure to saccharin has disappeared.
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But the latent inhibition effect did not generalize.
■ VERB
cause
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Indomethacin caused significant inhibition of pancreatic formation of prostaglandin E2, 6k prostaglandin F1a and thromboxane B2.
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But the learning disabilities and sensory-motor integration weaknesses do not cause the work inhibition .
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And yet-and this was an increasing pain-the loneliness caused by this inhibition was getting daily harder to bear.
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Neurological weaknesses do not cause work inhibition .
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In this model the termination of the depolarization is caused by network-generated reciprocal inhibition .
show
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But, although Ashley stood still and wary, her son showed no inhibitions .
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Various animal studies have shown inhibition of pancreatic enzyme secretion by pancreatic proteases in the duodenum.
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Whatever the style, congregations show few inhibitions in facial expression and in their use of the body to express devotion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alcohol can make you lose all your inhibitions - but you may regret this the next morning!
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I was amazed at Sam's lack of inhibition about singing in public.