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Webster 1913 Edition

Mutism

Mut′ism

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Noun.

The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

Max Müller.

Definition 2024

mutism

mutism

English

Noun

mutism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mutisms)

A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.

Derived terms

selective mutism

Related terms

mute

Translations

psychological disorder

Catalan: mutisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 緘默症, 缄默症 ‎(jiānmòzhèng)
Czech: mutismus m
Dutch: mutisme (nl) n
Finnish: mutismi (fi)
French: mutisme (fr) m
German: Mutismus (de) m
Hungarian: mutizmus

Italian: mutismo (it) m
Japanese: 緘黙症 ‎(かんもくしょう, kanmokushō), 無言症 ‎(むごんしょう, mugonshō)
Korean: 함묵증 ‎(hammukjeung) (緘默症), 함구증 ‎(hamgujeung) (緘口症), 무언증 ‎(mueonjeung) (無言症)
Polish: mutyzm m
Portuguese: mutismo m
Spanish: mutismo (es) m
Swedish: mutism c

Anagrams

summit

Swedish

Noun

mutism c

mutism

Declension

Declension of mutism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	mutism	mutismen
genitive	mutisms	mutismens