how to pronounce inhibition

/ˌɪnhəˈbɪʃən/

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inhibition is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of inhibition in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… what we call social inhibition which is …”

meaning of inhibition

Inhibition is the act of restraining or preventing something from happening.

inhibition frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word inhibition occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics inhibition can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that inhibition can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;