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Inhibitory   /ɪnhˈɪbətˌɔri/   Listen
Inhibitory

adjective
1.
Restrictive of action.  Synonyms: repressing, repressive.  "An overly strict and inhibiting discipline"






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"Inhibitory" Quotes from Famous Books



... much practice does the process become sufficiently automatic for these lip and tongue innervations to be dropped. Indeed, many adults show traces of them when they read. To what degree our power to read is based upon such innervations is shown by the fact that old people, as their inhibitory powers become weaker, often revert to making these lip movements. From this we may conclude that such innervations, although they do not find their natural expression, still exist and have effect, i.e., they are necessary. The Jaques-Dalcroze method aims ...
— The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze • Emile Jaques-Dalcroze



Words linked to "Inhibitory" :   repressive, repressing, inhibit, restrictive



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