mutism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

mutism (countable and uncountable, plural mutisms)

1. 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), 缄默症 (jiānmòzhèng)

• Czech: mutismus m
• Dutch: mutisme (nl) n
• Finnish: mutismi (fi)
• French: mutisme (fr) m
• German: Mutismus (de) m
• Hungarian: mutizmus
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

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Swedish

Noun

mutism c

1. mutism

Declension

Declension of mutism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mutism	mutismen	—	—
Genitive	mutisms	mutismens	—	—

Anagrams

• summit