ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overinhibited

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Overinhibited is an adjective meaning (psychology) Excessively inhibited.

Meaning

(psychology) Excessively inhibited.

Example Sentences

Overinhibited children often benefit cathartically from dramatic play.
Twenty-five overinhibited children and twenty-five unsocialized aggressive children were followed up in the spring of 1944.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overrestrained, overinduced, overstimulated, overaroused, overnervous, overlimited.

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