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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. restrictive of action;
- Example: "a repressive regime"
- Example: "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
[syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inhibitory \In*hib"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F. inhibitoire.] Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. [1913 Webster] I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inhibitory adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]