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Infighting
- - contention among members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense, or prolonged character.
Infinitive
- noun - the uninflected form of the verb
Inhibiting
- verb - control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
- limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
- limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Inhibition
- noun - (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
- the quality of being inhibited
Inhibitive
- unknown - adjective from inhibit: hold back, restrain, prohibit
Insipidity
- noun - extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
- lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
Intimacies
- noun - a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
Intimating
- verb - give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
- imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"
Intimation
- noun - a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
- an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"