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- noun Something that
causes a reduction in one'sinhibitions ; that makespeople , oranimals act moreimpulsively .
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Examples
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One big reason is that PEP is seen by some as a potential "disinhibitor" and will enable gay men to be sexually irresponsible and use PEP as a sort of "morning after" pill.
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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One big reason is that PEP is seen by some as a potential "disinhibitor" and will enable gay men to be sexually irresponsible and use PEP as a sort of "morning after" pill.
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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One big reason is that PEP is seen by some as a potential "disinhibitor" and will enable gay men to be sexually irresponsible and use PEP as a sort of "morning after" pill.
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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One big reason is that PEP is seen by some as a potential "disinhibitor" and will enable gay men to be sexually irresponsible and use PEP as a sort of "morning after" pill.
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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One big reason is that PEP is seen by some as a potential "disinhibitor" and will enable gay men to be sexually irresponsible and use PEP as a sort of "morning after" pill.
Sean Strub: 'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue Sean Strub 2011
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Though not addressed in the study, it's also likely that the consumption of alcohol, a well-documented behavioral disinhibitor (sorry for the psych-speak), and the testosterone and adrenaline that often saturates the viewing environments of football games (sorry for the stereotype) may very well contribute to the increase in domestic violence.
Dr. Jim Taylor: Is the NFL Bad for Women's Health? Dr. Jim Taylor 2011
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It takes a researcher this long to confirm what everyone already knows - that alcohol is a disinhibitor for what is already there, not an excuse or cause of bad behaviors that the alcohol somehow synthesized?
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This study helps to confirm the popular belief that alcohol is a disinhibitor reduces inhibitions.
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The judge said Johnson's drugs habit was a "disinhibitor" to violence before he killed Mrs Habesch last February.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Rather, drug and alcohol use may be a disinhibitor for the offender, while being under the influence may increase a potential victim's vulnerability.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News By TERI SFORZA 2010
bilby commented on the word disinhibitor
"Alcohol is a disinhibitor, as are steroids. An intense and immense anger would come out of me when I was disinhibited. And with the steroids exacerbated by the alcohol, what a terrible, terrible person I must have been to live with."
- 'My Life As A Sex Bomb', Kathleen Turner in The Weekend Australian Magazine, 2 Feb 2008.
March 27, 2008