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Recent Examples of disinhibition
As this new Bride comes to life, her passion, curiosity, and disinhibition captivate Frank.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Digital environments can facilitate certain aspects of relationship formation due to factors such as digital disinhibition, whereby individuals express themselves more freely in online settings compared to face-to-face contexts.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
These tests can detect early and subtle changes in cognitive domains including verbal and visual memory, and impairments in language and executive functions including impulse control and disinhibition.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
And yet even his career is marked by the same Trumpian disinhibition that drives the Republican Party.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The hallmark of social media is disinhibition born of anonymity.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Behavioral disinhibition—the inability to control impulses, emotions, and attention—is a trait common to ADHD and can affect decision-making.
—Hannah Singleton, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026
Digital environments can facilitate certain aspects of relationship formation due to factors such as digital disinhibition, whereby individuals express themselves more freely in online settings compared to face-to-face contexts.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
These tests can detect early and subtle changes in cognitive domains including verbal and visual memory, and impairments in language and executive functions including impulse control and disinhibition.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
And yet even his career is marked by the same Trumpian disinhibition that drives the Republican Party.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The hallmark of social media is disinhibition born of anonymity.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Behavioral disinhibition—the inability to control impulses, emotions, and attention—is a trait common to ADHD and can affect decision-making.
—Hannah Singleton, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinhibition
Noun
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The Health Risks Patients Face Studies have reported patients suffering short- and long-term side effects from unregulated procedures, including heart problems, neurological changes, accidental infection with hepatitis and urinary incontinence.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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Symptoms differ from strokes caused by a blockage in the brain, as a spinal stroke causes pain in the neck or back that radiates through the limbs, muscle weakness or numbness, incontinence and loss of sensation, such as feeling touch or temperature changes.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The throwback elements of Rush’s show – the zigzagging colored lasers, the bursts of pyro that momentarily stunned with their booms, the gratification of watching musicians so focused on their music that running around the stage was not an option – reminded of a simpler era of concert-going.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Appealing to instant gratification?—
New York Times,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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“Disinhibition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinhibition. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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