MEANING
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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- 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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