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disinhibiting

disinhibiting

English

Adjective

disinhibiting (comparative more disinhibiting, superlative most disinhibiting)

  1. That removes or suppresses inhibitions, that disinhibits.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 5,
      This was presumably the moment when he should be made way for, in the solemn but disinhibiting absence of the women []
    • 2014, Rita Giordano, “New app where user is anonymous stirs concern,” Philly.com, 3 March, 2014,
      “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.

Verb

disinhibiting

  1. present participle of disinhibit