mutism

English

Etymology

From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”).

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)
Old English: dumbnes f
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
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mutism	mutismen	—	—
Genitive	mutisms	mutismens	—	—

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