| NOUN | cognition | hinderance, hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
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| artifact | hinderance, hindrance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | |
| act | hinderance, hindrance, interference | the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding |
| Meaning | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. | |
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| Synonyms | hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap | |
| Narrower | albatross, millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps |
| bind | Something that hinders as if with bonds | |
| diriment impediment | (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) | |
| drag | Something that slows or delays progress | |
| obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | |
| straitjacket | Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | |
| Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
| Spanish | estorbo, freno, impedimento, obstáculo | |
| Catalan | força dissuasiva, fre, impediment, nosa, obstacle | |
| Meaning | Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. | |
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| Synonyms | hindrance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | |
| Narrower | clog | Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction |
| speed bump | A hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway | |
| Broader | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta | Any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Spanish | estorbo, impedimenta, interferencia | |
| Catalan | destorb, impediment, interferència | |
| Meaning | The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. | |
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| Synonyms | hindrance, interference | |
| Narrower | antagonism | (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action / action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure |
| complication | The act or process of complicating | |
| deterrence | The act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety | |
| frustration, thwarting, foiling | An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | |
| obstruction | The act of obstructing / obstructing | |
| prevention, bar | The act of preventing / preventing | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Spanish | interferencia, obstaculización, obstáculo, obstrucción | |
| Catalan | interferència, obstrucció | |
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