Overinhibited

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively inhibited.

    "Twenty-five overinhibited children and twenty-five unsocialized aggressive children were followed up in the spring of 1944."

Example

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"Twenty-five overinhibited children and twenty-five unsocialized aggressive children were followed up in the spring of 1944."

Etymology

From over- + inhibited.

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