Does ‘Uninhibited’ Contain a Double Negative?

Verb inhibition means “not to do something” or “to control”, as in “climatic conditions that hinder plant growth”. In the field of psychology and sociology, the adjective participatory inhibition often describe people who are unable to express their thoughts and feelings freely:

People with type D personalities often have a negative outlook on life and suppress their emotions. They are also likely to be reserved and social inhibition. — Alice Park, TimeSeptember 27, 2010

David’s left arm was wrapped squarely around his son’s petite body, his smile taking on a classic fatherly pride: pursed lips and composed the way fathers smile at children. son they don’t want to embarrass with sincere expressions of emotion, even if they are less. inhibition children smiled, the way Nic always did, as if happy laughter wasn’t far away. — Joshua Rivera, GQ.comOctober 15, 2018

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You can see IN- The Beginning inhibition and ask yourself: can a person’s freedom to express his or her thoughts and feelings be “inhibited”? The answer is no—because IN The Beginning inhibition not a negative prefix.

inhibition borrowed into English in its infinitive form from the Latin verb inhibition. The IN- part is a Latin prefix, meaning “in” rather than “not”, combined with the verb habit (“Have”).

Habēre leads to other words in English, including habit And residentbut since IN- not a negative prefix, forbidden will not be the opposite of inhibition. That honor will go to free:

There’s something exhilarating about seeing an artist with so many free fun, really lost in her own musical space. — Wahid Al Mamun, Chicago ChestnutsMarch 4, 2019

The Dodgers play baseball like they cut a carpet: free, bold, and with input from many unexpected sources. — Tom Verducci, Sports IllustratedOctober 19, 2009

So when starting to use freeyou have no reason to hold back.

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