overinhibited

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ inhibited.

Adjective

overinhibited (comparative more overinhibited, superlative most overinhibited)

1. (psychology) Excessively inhibited.
   • 1946, Lester Eugene Hewitt, Richard Leos Jenkins, Fundamental patterns of maladjustment: the dynamics of their origin:

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

   • 1968, Richard Courtney, Play, drama and thought:

     Overinhibited children often benefit cathartically from dramatic play.