disinhibiting

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Adjective

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disinhibiting (comparative more disinhibiting, superlative most disinhibiting)

  1. That removes or suppresses inhibitions, that disinhibits.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty [], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      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,[1]
      “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

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disinhibiting

  1. present participle and gerund of disinhibit