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disinhibited.

Adjective
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Less held back by social caution, self-control, or other restraints.

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  • disinhibited behaviour
  • become disinhibited

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Away from her usual colleagues, she became unexpectedly disinhibited.

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Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more disinhibited; superlative most disinhibited when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.

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